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| The family of Jean Charles de Menezes have lost their High Court battle over a decision not to charge any police officers in connection with his death. | The family of Jean Charles de Menezes have lost their High Court battle over a decision not to charge any police officers in connection with his death. |
| Brazilian Mr de Menezes, 27, was shot by police who mistook him for a suicide bomber on the London Tube last year. | |
| The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said there was "insufficient evidence" to prosecute any of 15 officers probed. | |
| Three senior High Court judges dismissed the family's challenge to the CPS decision "on all grounds". | Three senior High Court judges dismissed the family's challenge to the CPS decision "on all grounds". |
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| Electrician Mr de Menezes was shot at Stockwell tube station, south London, on 22 July, a day after an alleged attempt to detonate bombs on London's transport network and two weeks after the 7 July terror attacks. | |
| His family's lawyers said at a two-day hearing that "the rule of law would be undermined" if no individual officer was held personally accountable. | |
| They called for officers to be prosecuted for murder or gross-negligence manslaughter. | |
| Lord Justice Richards, sitting with Mr Justice Forbes and Mr Justice Mackay, ruled it was a "reasonable" decision for the Director of Public Prosecutions and the CPS not to order prosecutions on the basis that they were "likely to fail". |