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| Leak disputes Menezes death story |
| 2005-08-17 |
| Leaked documents appear to contradict the official account of how police mistook a Brazilian man for a suicide bomber and shot him. The papers, from the probe into Jean Charles de Menezes' death, and leaked to ITV, suggest he was restrained before being shot eight times. Mr de Menezes, 27, was killed at Stockwell Tube station on 22 July. The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has said it will not comment on its investigation. The documents, including witness statements, also suggest Mr de Menezes did not hurdle the barrier at Stockwell tube station, as first reports previously suggested, and was not wearing a padded jacket that could have concealed a bomb. The shooting occurred the day after the failed bomb attacks of 21 July. The latest documents suggest Mr de Menezes had walked into Stockwell Tube station, picked up a free newspaper, walked through ticket barriers, had started to run when he saw a train arriving and was sitting down in a train when he was shot. In the immediate aftermath of the incident, police said Mr de Menezes had been acting suspiciously and suggested he had vaulted the ticket barriers. Police also said the Brazilian electrician had worn a large winter-style coat - but the leaked version suggested he had in fact worn a denim jacket. |
| Posted by:Paul Moloney |
| #4 a collection of honest errors compounded by his panic over his illegal status.... is there a couple lessons here? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-08-17 19:50 |
| #3 It is partially drawn from CCTV footage of Menezes before his death. |
| Posted by: Paul Moloney 2005-08-17 19:45 |
| #2 Or misrepresented in the second place. From the BBC: "The leaked documents, seemingly from the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC)" ... "Despite eyewitness reports that the suspect had worn a large winter-style coat, the version of events in the leaked documents suggested he had in fact worn a denim jacket." Is this report from a collection of raw information: with stories from anybody who claims to have been there? |
| Posted by: James 2005-08-17 12:33 |
| #1 I do wonder why things were misrepresented in the first place.. |
| Posted by: lyot 2005-08-17 08:42 |