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Paintball stall set up next to de Jean Charles de Menezes shrine

29.07.11
Paintball firm accused of insensitivity after setting up a stall outside Stockwell Tube station, scene of the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes... more

Menezes family's 'deep pain' at finding phones were hacked

14.07.11
The family of Jean Charles de Menezes tells of their 'deep pain' as it emerged they were among four new cases of phone hacking... more

Campaigners slam Met police for issuing dumdum bullets

12.05.11
Campaigners have condemned the Met's decision to issue police marksmen with hollow-point bullets similar to those that killed Brazilian Jean Charles de Menezes... more

Met Police say new 'dumdum' bullets will help stop injuries to bystanders

11.05.11
All Met marksmen are to be issued with hollow-point "dumdum" bullets similar to those used to kill Jean Charles de Menezes... more

De Menezes compensation 'cut because his family is poor'

23.11.09
Family of Jean Charles de Menezes are set to receive a reduced compensation package from Scotland Yard because they are so poor, according to reports... more

Menezes family slams Blair's medal claim

19.10.09
Former Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair has been accused of 'rewriting history' over the killing of Jean Charles de Menezes... more

Fury as officers escape action on de Menezes

02.10.09
Latest: Family of Jean Charles de Menezes condemns police watchdog for failing to bring disciplinary charges against officers involved in his killing... more

Stockwell is sharp and slickly directed

11.09.09
It seems perhaps fitting that Stockwell should come to rest in Kilburn. The Tricycle is, after all, the proud originating home of the “tribunal” drama Stockwell is sharp and slickly directed... more

Pet Shop Boys sing about Menezes

17.03.09
The Pet Shop Boys have written a song about Stockwell Tube shooting victim Jean Charles de Menezes... more

Menezes coroner attacks Scotland Yard flaws over shooting

04.03.09
The coroner who presided over the inquest into the death of Jean Charles de Menezes has criticised the "stark difference" in the way police officers and civilians were treated in the wake of the shooting... more

De Menezes family seek compensation

16.02.09
The family of Jean Charles de Menezes said they would launch a compensation claim against the Metropolitan Police for shooting dead the Brazilian electrician... more

No police charges over de Menezes shooting

13.02.09
No police officers will be prosecuted over the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes despite the inquest jury's open verdict, Crown prosecutors have announced... 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

The open verdict that helps the Met not a jot

15.12.08
By denying the De Menezes inquest jury a verdict of unlawful killing, Sir Michael Wright, the coroner, was probably trying to do the police a favour... more

Shoot-to-kill policy dropped after Menezes killing

12.12.08
Scotland Yard's controversial shoot-to-kill policy was quietly dumped during the inquest into the death of Jean Charles de Menezes.... more

Inquest is complete whitewash and we will appeal, say Menezes relatives

12.12.08
The family of Jean Charles de Menezes accused coroner Sir Michael Wright of "failing on every count"... more

De Menezes: the Met’s blunders

12.12.08
The open verdict on the death of Jean Charles de Menezes was perhaps the best the jury could have returned... 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

Graphic eye-witness accounts emerged at Menezes inquest

12.12.08
The moment when armed policemen stormed a Tube train and shot dead Jean Charles de Menezes was described vividly by commuters... 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 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

Coroner attacks Menezes protest

05.12.08
The coroner in the Jean Charles de Menezes inquest has launched an astonishing attack on the dead man's family... 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

Menezes: ban on unlawful killing verdict

02.12.08
There is not enough evidence to say Jean Charles de Menezes was unlawfully killed by Scotland Yard marksmen, the coroner at the inquest into his death ruled ... 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

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


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