The first dramatic pictures of one of the policemen who shot Jean Charles de Menezes were released by prosecutors yesterday.
They were shown to the jury at the Old Bailey trial in which the Metropolitan Police is accused of endangering Mr Menezes and the public.
Minutes after the man and other armed officers burst into Stockwell Tube station, in south London, the 27-year-old Brazilian electrician died with seven bullets in the head.
Officers mistook him for attempted suicide bomber Hussain Osman the day after the July 21 London bombings.
Prosecutor Clare Montgomery QC told the jury that firearms officers arrived after Mr de Menezes entered the station.
She said two firearms officers, who she referred to as C2 and C12, placed their Glock 9mm pistols against Jean Charles's head and fired.
The images, taken from CCTV footage, show C2, dressed in an unmarked grey top, pushing past two commuters to try to get through the ticket barrier.
He is then seen vaulting over the top to get into the station, down the escalator and to the platform. Passengers look on in disbelief as other armed officers rush through the barrier.
The hearing continues
Minutes after the man and other armed officers burst into Stockwell Tube station, in south London, the 27-year-old Brazilian electrician died with seven bullets in the head.
Officers mistook him for attempted suicide bomber Hussain Osman the day after the July 21 London bombings.
Prosecutor Clare Montgomery QC told the jury that firearms officers arrived after Mr de Menezes entered the station.
She said two firearms officers, who she referred to as C2 and C12, placed their Glock 9mm pistols against Jean Charles's head and fired.
The images, taken from CCTV footage, show C2, dressed in an unmarked grey top, pushing past two commuters to try to get through the ticket barrier.
He is then seen vaulting over the top to get into the station, down the escalator and to the platform. Passengers look on in disbelief as other armed officers rush through the barrier.
The hearing continues
http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/De-Menezes-jury-see-images.3368206.jp
A cold blooded murder based on bodged up intelligence - enough said.
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