I expect they’d hoped to hide this amongst the hoohah about Gordon Brown.
11 Menezes police face no action
Mr Menezes was mistaken for a suicide bomber
Eleven officers involved in the shooting of Brazilian Jean Charles de Menezes will not face disciplinary action, the police watchdog has said.They were among 15 Metropolitan Police officers interviewed by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC).
Decisions have not been made on the four most senior officers investigated.
The family of Mr Menezes – shot eight times at Stockwell Tube station after being mistaken for a suicide bomber – said the decision was “disgraceful”.
The 27-year-old was killed on 22 July 2005, one day after the failed London bombings.
The IPCC said a surveillance officer, one of the 11 not facing disciplinary action, would be given “management advice” in relation to action he took after the shooting.
It is a travesty of justice and another slap in the face for our family
Patricia da Silva Armani, Mr Menezes’ cousin
It said a decision on whether the four commanders and tactical advisers investigated should be disciplined would be made after the end of court proceedings.
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