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| Police officers who shot dead Jean Charles de Menezes 'should not be prosecuted', rules ECHR | |
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| The UK was right not to charge any police officers over the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes, an electrician who they thought was a suicide bomber, in 2005. | |
| The Brazilian man’s family took the fight for justice over the shooting to the European Court of Human Rights, which has now backed British prosecutors. | |
| Mr De Menezes was shot seven times in the head by firearms officers as he boarded a train at Stockwell Tube station in south London on 22 July, 11 years ago. | |
| Lawyers for the family had argued the decision not to prosecution anyone over the shooting was in violation of Mr De Menezes’ right to life, under Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights. | |
| They also challenged the definition of self-defence used by British authorities in the case. | |
| The decision by Europe’s highest human rights court brings to an end an 11-year saga which saw the police’s account of events rejected at an inquest. | |
| The CPS announced in 2006 that no individual would be charged over the killing of the 27-year-old. | |
| The following year the Metropolitan Police was fined £175,000 under health and safety laws. | |
| More to follow |