Ofcom launches investigation into Sky News after Chris Kaba protest confusion

The broadcaster was met with fierce backlash on September 10 for mistaking the protest for mourners making their way to Buckingham Palace to pay their respects to the late monarch, who died on September 8, aged 96.

Kaba was shot and killed by a Metropolitan Police officer earlier this month, at just 24 years of age.

His ‘devastated’ family organised a number of demonstrations, starting at Parliament Square and heading to Scotland Yard, including one on September 10, with the likes of Stormzy showing up.

An Ofcom spokesperson said: ‘We are investigating whether this programme broke our rules requiring news to be reported with due accuracy.’

The broadcast regulator has confirmed that 598 complaints were submitted in relation to the Justice for Chris Kaba walk being inaccurately reported as people on their way to pay tribute to the late Queen.

In a statement issued to Metro.co.uk, a Sky spokesperson added: ‘We apologise for a mistake made earlier today which accidentally misidentified aerial pictures of a protest march for Chris Kaba as a large gathering paying tribute to Queen Elizabeth II. We have also issued a correction on air to clarify the footage previously shown.’

He became involved in a police chase when an automatic number plate reader flagged that the car he was in may have been linked to a firearms offence.

Armed police swooped on the vehicle after hemming it into a narrow street, but a search later revealed Kaba was not armed.

An inquest into his death will be opened on October 4.

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