THE son of Mark Duggan — whose police death sparked widespread rioting in 2011 — has been charged with possessing a gun.
Kajaun Duggan, 20, was held in a police operation in North London, around two miles from the scene of his dad’s fatal shooting by cops.
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His arrest in Tottenham Hale followed the recovery of a converted EKOL Viper .380 revolver on April 25 when another man was nicked.
It is understood that following police inquiries to that find, an operation was launched to track down Duggan and he was arrested on Wednesday.
Duggan, of Barnet, North London, appeared at Bromley magistrates’ court on Thursday accused of possessing a firearm.
He was remanded in custody to appear at Wood Green crown court on June 5.
He was just seven when his 29-year-old father was shot dead by police in August 2011 in Tottenham.
Mark Duggan was hit in the chest as undercover cops tailed him on the suspicion that he was going to carry out a shooting.
He was unarmed at the time but a police found a live converted firearm inside a sock seven metres away from his body.
A protest outside Tottenham police station about the black father-of-six’s killing led to rioting, arson and looting across London which spread nationwide.
Kajaun Duggan was the second oldest of Mark’s three children with Semone Wilson, to whom he was engaged when he was shot dead.
He also had three other children, including one born after his death.
Semone said Mark was a “good dad’’ and “idolised’’ his children, adding the couple had planned to move away from London.
Duggan was shot dead by an officer code named V53, who said he believed the Tottenham man was armed at the time.
An inquest jury later ruled Duggan was lawfully killed.
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