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28 November 2005
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Police chief faces Menezes sho
The family of Brazilian Jean Charles de Menezes tonight welcomed the inquiry into the conduct of Britain’s most senior police chief following the fatal shooting of their relative.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) announced earlier today an investigation would be carried out following an official complaint from Mr de Menezes’s family last month over alleged misinformation following his death.
Their letter of complaint alleged that Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair had misled them and the public immediately after the 27-year-old was killed.
The Brazilian was shot seven times in the head by anti-terror officers the day after the failed July 21 bombings when he was mistaken for a suicide bomber.
The Jean Charles de Menezes Family Campaign said it was delighted at the IPCC announcement.
Mr de Menezes’ cousin Alex Pereira said: “This is fantastic news and a great victory for our campaign.”
The Menezes Family Campaign said in a statement: “Sir Ian Blair, as head of the Metropolitan Police, bears ultimate responsibility for the Menezes killing and that he deliberately tried to cover up what really happened after Jean’s death.”
Patricia da Silva Armarni, Mr de Menezes’ cousin who shared a flat with him in London, said: “The pain of the loss of our cousin at the hands of the police was immense.
“But the fact that the police lied about what happened and tried to cover up the truth made our pain unbearable.”
The family campaign said it believed off the record statements – suggesting Mr de Menezes was acting suspiciously – were given by senior Met Police figures to journalists in the immediate aftermath of his killing.
A family campaign spokesman said: “We believe these ’off the record’ briefings were attempts to mislead the public and cover up the fact that the police had killed an innocent man.”
A statement from the IPCC said the inquiry would be separate from the current investigation under way into the fatal shooting at Stockwell Tube station on July 22.
It stated: “The Independent Police Complaints Commission will carry out an independent investigation into allegations raised in a formal complaint from the family of Jean Charles de Menezes.
“The complaint alleges that individuals within the Metropolitan Police Service made false public statements following the fatal shooting of Jean Charles at Stockwell Underground station on July 22, 2005.”
The inquiry will be led by Mike Grant, an IPCC senior investigator, who will be supported by Peter Goode, IPCC acting director of operations.
A second aspect of the family’s complaint, that the Met (MPS) delayed informing them of Mr de Menezes’ death, is to be incorporated into the existing investigation led by IPCC senior investigator John Cummins, the IPCC said.
But the issue would not be completed at the same time as the main inquiry.
The family also raised concerns about why the Met did not subsequently correct inaccurate information that was in the public domain.
The IPCC said it explained to the family that it had urged those involved not to comment on the facts of the case and so this would not form part of our investigation.
Nick Hardwick, Chair of the IPCC, said: “Neither we nor Jean Charles’ family want this complaint to distract us from the main task of finding out how and why Jean Charles died.”
The IPCC is expected to conclude its main inquiry into the shooting by the end of the year.
Its report will then be sent to the Crown Prosecution Service, which will decide whether to bring charges against any of the officers involved.
A statement from Scotland Yard Deputy Assistant Commissioner John Yates, on behalf of the Met, said they would be fully co-operating with the investigation.
He said: “We wish to make it clear that whilst the further complaints raised clearly involve the commissioner, they are not solely about him.
“They specifically ask that the IPCC investigate where any misleading accounts relating to the tragic events of July 22 originated from, and how and why they were put into the public domain.
“The brief statements issued by the Metropolitan Police following the fatal shooting in Stockwell are a matter of public record.
“All of those involved will cooperate fully with the IPCC investigation.”
He said, as had been previously stated, that they had apologised for any inaccuracies privately to the family on the Sunday, 48 hours after the incident.”
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