Police intelligence showed he had been making threats to another man, jurors were told
Police intelligence suggested that a man fatally shot by an armed officer on a motorway was a"highly active criminal", an inquest has heard.Yassar Yaqub, 28, was the front seat passenger in one of two cars travelling in convoy on the M62 when four unmarked police vehicles surrounded them at junction 24 in Huddersfield on January 2 2017.
The officer confirmed he had been appointed the"strategic firearms commander" of a police operation relating to Mr Yaqub on October 31, 2016 - two months before he was stopped by armed officers on the M62 slip road and shot. A report of the"gold meeting" between officers on October 31 shown to jurors said:"Intelligence indicates that Yassar Yaqub intends to cause serious harm to Yasser Adalat."
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