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| Menezes chief explains decisions | Menezes chief explains decisions |
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| The officer in charge of police who shot Jean Charles de Menezes says she was told five times by officers that he was 21 July bomb plotter Hussain Osman. | The officer in charge of police who shot Jean Charles de Menezes says she was told five times by officers that he was 21 July bomb plotter Hussain Osman. |
| Brazilian Mr de Menezes, 27, was killed on a train at London's Stockwell Tube station after he was followed because he was wrongly identified as Osman. | Brazilian Mr de Menezes, 27, was killed on a train at London's Stockwell Tube station after he was followed because he was wrongly identified as Osman. |
| Deputy Assistant Commissioner Cressida Dick told the Old Bailey why she asked armed officers to stop Mr de Menezes. | |
| The Metropolitan Police denies breaking health and safety laws on 22 July 2005. | The Metropolitan Police denies breaking health and safety laws on 22 July 2005. |
| DAC Dick, who has since been promoted, was the commander in charge of overall operations on that day. | DAC Dick, who has since been promoted, was the commander in charge of overall operations on that day. |
| She told jurors on Thursday that a surveillance team had been deployed to Scotia Road, south London - an address linked to Osman - that morning. | She told jurors on Thursday that a surveillance team had been deployed to Scotia Road, south London - an address linked to Osman - that morning. |
| Mr de Menezes was later followed by police, who believed him to be Osman, from a block of flats on Scotia Road to Stockwell Tube station, where he was shot seven times in the head on the train. | Mr de Menezes was later followed by police, who believed him to be Osman, from a block of flats on Scotia Road to Stockwell Tube station, where he was shot seven times in the head on the train. |
| 'Public safety' | 'Public safety' |
| DAC Dick told the court she had been told three times by a surveillance officer, codenamed Pat, and twice by her "silver" commander that the man officers had been following was Osman. | |
| The behaviours that were described - the nervousness, agitation, the sending of messages, the telephone, getting on and off the bus - added to the picture of someone potentially intent on causing an explosion DAC Dick | The behaviours that were described - the nervousness, agitation, the sending of messages, the telephone, getting on and off the bus - added to the picture of someone potentially intent on causing an explosion DAC Dick |
| Speaking on the first day of the Met's defence case, she said she believed Mr de Menezes had to be stopped from getting on the Underground "for public safety reasons". | Speaking on the first day of the Met's defence case, she said she believed Mr de Menezes had to be stopped from getting on the Underground "for public safety reasons". |
| Asked by the judge why she had acted without "100% positive identification", she replied: "I believed that they [officers at the scene] believed it was him but also that they could be wrong." | Asked by the judge why she had acted without "100% positive identification", she replied: "I believed that they [officers at the scene] believed it was him but also that they could be wrong." |
| She said her handling of the situation had been proportionate. | She said her handling of the situation had been proportionate. |
| DAC Dick added: "Firstly, I believe that the surveillance team believed it was him. | DAC Dick added: "Firstly, I believe that the surveillance team believed it was him. |
| "Secondly, from the behaviours that had been described to me - given that I thought they thought it was him - it could, very, very well be him. | "Secondly, from the behaviours that had been described to me - given that I thought they thought it was him - it could, very, very well be him. |
| "The behaviours that were described - the nervousness, agitation, the sending of messages, the telephone, getting on and off the bus - added to the picture of someone potentially intent on causing an explosion." | "The behaviours that were described - the nervousness, agitation, the sending of messages, the telephone, getting on and off the bus - added to the picture of someone potentially intent on causing an explosion." |
| 'Very high risk' | 'Very high risk' |
| DAC Dick said that, earlier that day, she had seen CCTV footage of another 21 July suspect - Ramzi Mohammed - going down the escalator at Stockwell tube station before he had tried to detonate a bomb near Oval station. | DAC Dick said that, earlier that day, she had seen CCTV footage of another 21 July suspect - Ramzi Mohammed - going down the escalator at Stockwell tube station before he had tried to detonate a bomb near Oval station. |
| "That all added up - I cannot be certain - to someone who posed potentially a very high risk to the public," DAC Dick told court. | "That all added up - I cannot be certain - to someone who posed potentially a very high risk to the public," DAC Dick told court. |
| "The threat we were dealing with at that time was to the public transport system and to the Tube. We had two incidents - 7 July and 21 July." | "The threat we were dealing with at that time was to the public transport system and to the Tube. We had two incidents - 7 July and 21 July." |
| Moments later, the SO19 specialist firearms team arrived at Stockwell Tube station. | Moments later, the SO19 specialist firearms team arrived at Stockwell Tube station. |
| "I then ordered 19 to do it," she told the court. | "I then ordered 19 to do it," she told the court. |
| Parts of her handwritten log of events that day, written in the evening following the shooting, were read out to the court. | Parts of her handwritten log of events that day, written in the evening following the shooting, were read out to the court. |
| Her log recorded how Mr de Menezes had gone down the escalator into the Underground. | Her log recorded how Mr de Menezes had gone down the escalator into the Underground. |
| She wrote that he "must be detained and not allowed to travel on Tube for public safety reasons". | She wrote that he "must be detained and not allowed to travel on Tube for public safety reasons". |
| 'No wires' | 'No wires' |
| Another part of DAC Dick's log read: "Must be arrested by SO19. He is described as very jumpy and agitated. He has been on the phone and sending text messages." | Another part of DAC Dick's log read: "Must be arrested by SO19. He is described as very jumpy and agitated. He has been on the phone and sending text messages." |
| It added: "If he were to enter [Stockwell station], I would have no contact with surveillance teams. | It added: "If he were to enter [Stockwell station], I would have no contact with surveillance teams. |
| "However, he is not carrying anything, no wires visible. He is wearing denim, cannot rule out he is wearing secreted explosives or weapons." | "However, he is not carrying anything, no wires visible. He is wearing denim, cannot rule out he is wearing secreted explosives or weapons." |
| DAC Dick wrote that she did "not think it right to allow such a subject to travel on the Tube". | DAC Dick wrote that she did "not think it right to allow such a subject to travel on the Tube". |
| Earlier on Thursday, DAC Dick denied claims the control room was "noisy and chaotic". | Earlier on Thursday, DAC Dick denied claims the control room was "noisy and chaotic". |
| She was responding to prosecution claims that officers had to shout to make themselves heard in room 1600 - the 16th floor nerve centre at Scotland Yard. | She was responding to prosecution claims that officers had to shout to make themselves heard in room 1600 - the 16th floor nerve centre at Scotland Yard. |
| The trial was adjourned until Friday. | The trial was adjourned until Friday. |