Former police officer jailed for more than 22 years over murder of George Floyd

Derek Chauvin addresses the court (Court TV/AP)

Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin has been sentenced to 22 and a half years in prison for the murder of George Floyd.

Mr Floyd’s dying gasps under Chauvin’s knee in the city in the US state of Minnesota led to the biggest outcry against racial injustice in the US and beyond in generations.