Menezes inquest opens in London
Al JazeeraSir Michael Wright, a former High Court judge, has been appointed coroner for the hearing, in which a jury will hear from two officers who fired the fatal shots. Suspected bomber De Menezes was shot seven times on 22 July 2005 by specially trained Metropolitan police officers who had trailed him to Stockwell underground station. Jean Charles de Menezes worked in London as an electrician De Menezes also lived in the block, and when he left home in the morning, surveillance officers were unsure if he was their target. Manslaughter charges The inquest’s findings will be closely watched and could bring more pressure for the resignation of Ian Blair, the chief commissioner of London’s Metropolitan police service. But last December a police watchdog said no disciplinary action would be taken against four senior officers over the killing, saying they could not be held personally responsible for the mistakes that led to the shooting.
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Officer who shot dead Jean Charles de Menezes days after 7/7 bombings unmasked after almost two decades
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Pictured: Police marksman who shot Jean Charles de Menezes dead is revealed for first time and says he killed innocent man because 'I was 100 per cent convinced we were all about to die'
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