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IPCC sticks to Menezes decision | IPCC sticks to Menezes decision |
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Officials have said they are sticking to their original decision not to recommend disciplining the officers who shot dead Jean Charles de Menezes. | Officials have said they are sticking to their original decision not to recommend disciplining the officers who shot dead Jean Charles de Menezes. |
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) had reviewed its earlier findings after requests from the 27-year-old Brazilian's family. | The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) had reviewed its earlier findings after requests from the 27-year-old Brazilian's family. |
The review followed the recording of an open verdict at last year's inquest into the 2005 shooting in south London. | The review followed the recording of an open verdict at last year's inquest into the 2005 shooting in south London. |
Police had mistaken the electrician for a suicide bomber. | Police had mistaken the electrician for a suicide bomber. |
Reacting to the decision, a spokeswoman for the Justice4Jean campaign said it made a "mockery of the inquest's findings". | |
She said: "Today's decision by the IPCC... gives a green light to police officers to act with impunity. | |
"The family are not surprised but crushed that the IPCC have ignored the narrative verdict the jury gave at Jean Charles' inquest." | |
An IPCC spokesman said: "In making this decision, the IPCC has carefully considered the family's representations, the evidence identified by its own investigation and all subsequent legal proceedings." | |
Mr de Menezes was shot dead on 22 June, 2005 by Scotland Yard firearms officers who mistook him for failed suicide bomber Hussain Osman. |