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| A commuter who was sitting near Jean Charles de Menezes on a Tube train has told his inquest that police gave no warning before killing him. | |
| Anna Dunwoodie said she believed officers were "out of control" and gave off a "sense of panic" before shooting. | Anna Dunwoodie said she believed officers were "out of control" and gave off a "sense of panic" before shooting. |
| She claimed that the innocent 27-year-old appeared calm as a gun was held to his head. | She claimed that the innocent 27-year-old appeared calm as a gun was held to his head. |
| Mr de Menezes was killed in 2005 in south London by police who mistook him for a failed 21 July suicide bomber. | Mr de Menezes was killed in 2005 in south London by police who mistook him for a failed 21 July suicide bomber. |
| Ms Dunwoodie was sitting two or three seats to the left of Mr de Menezes when he boarded the train at Stockwell station, south London. | Ms Dunwoodie was sitting two or three seats to the left of Mr de Menezes when he boarded the train at Stockwell station, south London. |
| She told the inquest that, at the time, she thought the firearms officers pursuing Mr de Menezes were members of a gang. I guess he had a gun pressed to his head and there was not anything he could do about it Ann Dunwoodie | |
| She said she did not hear officers shout any warning at the electrician. | She said she did not hear officers shout any warning at the electrician. |
| "I would like to say that on whether I heard anything from police officers, I am very, very clear. I had absolutely no idea who they were and had they shouted I would have latched on to that," she said. | "I would like to say that on whether I heard anything from police officers, I am very, very clear. I had absolutely no idea who they were and had they shouted I would have latched on to that," she said. |
| She described the scene on the train as one of panic: | |
| "I think it was the man, who I now know to be a surveillance officer, (who) really seemed to be frightened or hyped up and when he was calling the other men they seemed... you know, when people are full of adrenalin and they move quickly and their movements are a bit jerky. | |
| "I felt they were a bit out of control, that's what it felt like." | "I felt they were a bit out of control, that's what it felt like." |
| Discussing the moments before Mr Menezes' death, Ms Dunwoodie said he had closed his eyes and looked "almost calm".Jean Charles de Menezes was mistaken for a suicide bomber | |
| "I guess he had a gun pressed to his head and there was not anything he could do about it", she said. | |
| She told the jury at the Oval cricket ground that the police then shouted among themselves before the first shots "came very suddenly". | |
| "My first thoughts were that it was someone firing a stun gun. | |
| "There was a break and it was my memory that there were more shots." | |
| She then explained how she was still "shaken up" when giving interviews to the police afterwards. | |
| She said: "I was really under pressure to look at a memory that was very recent and frightening." | |
| Mr de Menezes was shot seven times in the head at Stockwell Tube station on 22 July 2005 after being mistaken for failed bomber Hussain Osman. | Mr de Menezes was shot seven times in the head at Stockwell Tube station on 22 July 2005 after being mistaken for failed bomber Hussain Osman. |