The mother of Louis De Zoysa, who is serving a whole life order in HMP Belmarsh for murdering custody sergeant Matt Ratana in 2020, has said she is “very concerned” about her son who is struggling to “cope with the prison system”.
De Zoysa is serving a whole-life jail term for Sgt Ratana’s murder after a trial at Northampton Crown Court in 2023, during which his legal team said he was suffering an autistic meltdown at the time of the shooting.
Sgt Ratana, 54, who was attached to the Metropolitan Police, was murdered in the early hours of September 25 2020 by De Zoysa, who opened fire with an antique revolver at a Croydon custody suite in south London.
De Zoysa also described her son’s brain damage as “massive” and voiced her concerns about HMP Belmarsh’s capabilities to look after him.
Speaking to LBC on Tuesday, Elizabeth De Zoysa said: “Emotionally, he’s unstable.
