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Jury retraces Menezes' last steps | Jury retraces Menezes' last steps |
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Jurors have retraced the final steps of Brazilian Jean Charles de Menezes, including visiting the Tube station where he was shot dead by police. | |
They travelled through Stockwell Tube station, south London, to platform two, where Mr de Menezes boarded the train on which he was shot dead in July 2005. | |
On day two of Mr de Menezes' inquest, the tour also visited the flats where he lived in Tulse Hill, south London. | |
The 27-year-old was killed after being mistaken for a would-be bomber. | |
Firearms officers mistook him for missing failed suicide bomber Hussain Osman on 22 July 2005, the day after Osman and three other men failed in suicide bombing attempts. | |
Split-second decision | |
A coach convoy carried the six women and five men of the jury on the journey of less than a mile to the Tube station from the inquest room at Oval cricket ground. | |
Court officials also took part in the tour, with coroner Sir Michael Wright expected to speak to the jurors about the significance of each location. | |
THE MENEZES KILLING class="" href="/1/hi/in_depth/629/629/7073125.stm">What happened in more detail Stockwell station was closed for about 10 minutes for the visit, and the party entered through side doors after a crowd of media and onlookers gathered at the public entrance. | |
A shrine to Mr de Menezes, featuring pictures, flowers and newspaper cuttings about the shooting, still stands outside the station. | |
The tour later took in locations involved in the police operation surrounding the killing of Mr de Menezes, including New Scotland Yard, a building in Leman Street, east London, and Nightingale Lane police station, south-west London. | |
At Scotia Road, Tulse Hill, police cordoned off the street to allow the inquest group to leave the coaches and look around outside Mr de Menezes' former home. | |
Members of the Brazilian's family pointed at the second-floor windows where he had lived. | |
The group was then driven along the route Mr de Menezes walked to catch a bus on the day he died, before retracing the route the bus took to Stockwell station. | |
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Jury members arrive at Stockwell tube station | |
The inquest was later adjourned until Wednesday. | |
On Monday - the first day of the 12-week inquest into Mr de Menezes' death - jurors were told firearms officers made a split-second decision to kill him. | On Monday - the first day of the 12-week inquest into Mr de Menezes' death - jurors were told firearms officers made a split-second decision to kill him. |
Sir Michael said the two officers were "convinced" Mr de Menezes was about to detonate a device on the Tube. | Sir Michael said the two officers were "convinced" Mr de Menezes was about to detonate a device on the Tube. |
The two firearms officers - identified only as Charlie Two and Charlie 12 - will give evidence in public for the first time later in the inquest. | The two firearms officers - identified only as Charlie Two and Charlie 12 - will give evidence in public for the first time later in the inquest. |
The jury will consider whether or not Mr de Menezes was unlawfully killed. | The jury will consider whether or not Mr de Menezes was unlawfully killed. |
Some of Mr de Menezes' relatives have campaigned for police officers involved in the shooting to be prosecuted. | Some of Mr de Menezes' relatives have campaigned for police officers involved in the shooting to be prosecuted. |
There have been five inquiries relating to the death and its aftermath, including a criminal trial. | There have been five inquiries relating to the death and its aftermath, including a criminal trial. |
In 2007, an Old Bailey jury found the Metropolitan Police guilty of breaching health and safety laws, after hearing about the events leading up to Mr de Menezes being shot. | In 2007, an Old Bailey jury found the Metropolitan Police guilty of breaching health and safety laws, after hearing about the events leading up to Mr de Menezes being shot. |