Officer relives Menezes shooting

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The surveillance officer, codenamed Ivor, told the Old Bailey that it had been a "distressing" and "shocking" incident for passengers who fled the Tube carriage at London's Stockwell station in July 2005.

Ivor moved into action as Mr de Menezes stood up from his seat on the Northern line train with his arms at waist level and slightly in front of him. Ivor told the jury: "I grabbed Mr de Menezes wrapping both my arms around the torso, pinning his arms against his side, pushing him back to the seat with the right hand side of my head against the right hand side of his torso, pinning him to the seat.

"He appeared to stiffen up. He was not in natural sitting position but he was back in the seat where he had been sitting.

"After a few moments I felt his head turn towards me. I was aware of a CO19 officer kneeling on the seat to my left. I heard a gunshot very close to my left ear and was hit by a shockwave of a gun being discharged."

In the confusion Ivor was dragged to the floor by a firearms officer. The next thing he noticed was that a gun was pointed at him.

He said: "I was aware that the long-barrelled weapon was levelled at my chest and the barrel of a gun was at my head. Given this I held out my hands and shouted 'police'."

Ivor pointed out that he was dressed "virtually identically" to Mr de Menezes in jeans, a denim jacket and trainers. He also wore a black baseball cap and was carrying a rucksack.

The officer said he was then dragged out of the carriage to the rear wall of the platform. His arms were still in the air and he then he put on his chequered police cap.

The Office of the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police denies a single charge of exposing the public to risk. The hearing was adjourned.