Jean Charles de Menezes

September 21, 2008

Jean Charles de Menezes

A man demonstrating outside the Brit Oval. The jury will listen to the two officers who fired the fatal shots - the first time their accounts will have been heard

(Chris Harris/The Times)

September 21, 2008

Jean Charles de Menezes

The inquest takes place less than a mile from where de Menezes was shot dead, mistaken for a suicide bomber

(Chris Harris/The Times)

September 21, 2008

Jean Charles de Menezes

Alessandro Pereira, Alex Pereira and Patricia Da Silva Armani, cousins of Jean Charles de Menezes, have arrived at the Brit Oval in London for the start of the inquest into his death

(Chris Harris/The Times)

Jean Charles de Menezes

De Menezes died after being mistaken for a suspect who was under surveillance in the same block of flats

(Andre Camara/The Times)

September 21, 2008

Jean Charles de Menezes

A patch of pavement outside Stockwell tube station has been turned into an unofficial shrine

(Michael Crabtree/The Times)

September 21, 2008

Jean Charles de Menezes

The De Menezes family have led a campaign to hold the Metropolitan Police legally accountable for his death

(Richard Pohle/The Times)

September 21, 2008

Jean Charles de Menezes

Assistant Commissioner Andy Hayman, left, was criticised for failing to tell his boss, Sir Ian Blair, right, of officers’ fears they had killed an innocent man

(Leon Neal/The Times)

September 21, 2008

Jean Charles de Menezes

Maria de Menezes, his mother, has visited Britain several times to call for justice for her son

(Nick Ray/The Times)

September 21, 2008

Jean Charles de Menezes

Jean Charles de Menezes was shot dead by police marksmen at Stockwell tube station on July 22, 2005

(PA)

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