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De Menezes family campaign for memorial

22.07.09

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Driver of Charles de Menezes Tube awarded Ł1,000

03.06.09

The Tube train driver who fled in terror into the tunnel after police shot dead Jean Charles de Menezes at Stockwell station in July 2005 has been awarded Ł1,000 compensation... more

Jailed 21/7 partner bids for freedom

31.03.09

The partner of a 21/7 attempted suicide bomber started a legal bid to win her freedom... more

Boris Johnson stands by 'trigger happy' remarks that angered Ian Blair

27.01.09

The Mayor has refused to apologise for calling police marksmen "trigger-happy" after the comments were revealed in an acrimonious exchange of letters with former Met Commissioner Sir Ian Blair... more

The moment De Menezes was shot dead on Tube ... recreated in TV docu-drama

21.01.09

These images recreate the moment Jean Charles de Menezes was mistakenly shot dead on the Tube... more

Mistakes that led to the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes

12.12.08

Jean Charles de Menezes was still asleep in his Tulse Hill flat when police embarked on a catalogue of controversies which would end in his death.... more

Menezes verdict: jury blames police

12.12.08

A catalogue of police errors has been condemned at the inquest into the shooting of John Charles de Menezes... more

Menezes inquest revealed details of hunt for bombers

12.12.08

The inquest into the death of Jean Charles de Menezes turned up fresh revelations about a month that changed the course of modern British history... more

The 13 key questions: how the inquest jury answered

12.12.08

Here are some of the key quotes from the inquest into Jean Charles de Menezes's death.... more

Menezes coroner will accept a majority verdict

09.12.08

The coroner at the inquest of Jean Charles de Menezes has said he would accept a majority verdict... more

De Menezes family storm out of inquest

04.12.08

Relatives of Jean Charles de Menezes walked out of the inquest into his death in protest over the coroner's decision that the jury cannot return a verdict of unlawful killing... more

Pictures too late to save Menezes

10.11.08

Jean Charles De Menezes was shot dead after pictures identifying the real terror suspect arrived too late because it was out of office hours, an inquest heard ... more

A bit of a flop as Obama Bounce proves elusive

05.11.08

It was not so much an Obama Bounce as an Obama Flop in London today. City investors appeared completely underwhelmed by Barack Obama's historic Presidential victory in the US, with share prices showing big losses as trading got under way... more

Tube driver: I fled in terror as police shot Menezes

04.11.08

The driver of the Tube train on which Jean Charles de Menezes was shot dead fled in terror down a tunnel, believing he was under attack from "fanatics"... more

Marksman: I did yell alert to Menezes

27.10.08

A police marksman has insisted he yelled "armed police" at Jean Charles de Menezes before shooting him dead at Stockwell Tube station... more

Menezes was shot after 'obvious police failings'

21.10.08

Jean Charles De Menezes was shot dead after "obvious failings" by the Metropolitan Police, a senior surveillance officer has admitted ... more

Police 'under stress' on day Menezes died

17.10.08

Police chasing Jean Charles de Menezes were in a no-win situation after being put under "undue pressure" to identify him as a suicide bomber... more

Tube had no armed police in wake of 7/7

15.10.08

Firearms police were not deployed on transport networks in the wake of the 7 July bombings because officers were otherwise engaged, an anti-terror chief said... more

Police chief: No recall of 21/7 suspect’s photo

13.10.08

A senior detective claimed he “cannot recall” if officers discussed photographs which could have stopped police mistaking Jean Charles de Menezes for a failed suicide bomber... more

Menezes officers tell of ‘control room noise and chaos’

09.10.08

Officers involved in the pursuit of Jean Charles de Menezes today criticised “chaotic” scenes in the police control room on the day he was shot... more

Menezes' death was 'misfortune'

06.10.08

The officer in charge of the operation which led to the death of Jean Charles de Menezes insisted that none of her team did anything wrong, his inquest heard... more

De Menezes police ordered man stopped 'at all costs'

03.10.08

The police officer in charge of the operation to find the failed 21/7 bombers said a suspect boarding a Tube train should be stopped "at all costs"... more

Army was put on standby after 21/7, Menezes jury told

01.10.08

Army units were put on standby across Britain in the wake of the failed 21 July London bomb attacks, the Jean Charles de Menezes inquest heard... more

Police about to question Menezes minutes before death

30.09.08

Surveillance officers following Jean Charles de Menezes decided he was not a terror suspect then changed their minds minutes before he entered a Tube station, the inquest into his death heard... more

Menezes jurors in silence at the spot where he was shot

23.09.08

Jurors in the Jean Charles de Menezes inquest stood in silence at the spot where the 27-year-old Brazilian was shot dead by police marksmen... more

Judgement Day for Sir Ian

05.09.08

We recreate the day on which Met Commissioner Sir Ian Blair will finally be judged - the killing of innocent Jean Charles de Menezes... more

Menezes probe: Met is top-heavy

18.07.08

Met Commissioner Sir Ian Blair came under pressure over the killing of Jean Charles de Menezes after a report criticised the structure of Scotland Yard... more