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Chandler's Ford robbers lawfully shot dead by Metropolitan Police Chandler's Ford robbers lawfully shot dead by Metropolitan Police
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Two men shot dead by police as they robbed a security guard outside a bank were killed lawfully, an inquest jury has recorded.Two men shot dead by police as they robbed a security guard outside a bank were killed lawfully, an inquest jury has recorded.
Mark Nunes, 35, and Andrew Markland, 36, of London, were shot in 2007 during the raid in Chandler's Ford, Hampshire.Mark Nunes, 35, and Andrew Markland, 36, of London, were shot in 2007 during the raid in Chandler's Ford, Hampshire.
Nunes was shot first when he aimed a 9mm pistol at the guard.Nunes was shot first when he aimed a 9mm pistol at the guard.
The Metropolitan Police were lying in wait for the pair but had not arrested them earlier due to a lack of evidence, the inquest in Winchester heard.The Metropolitan Police were lying in wait for the pair but had not arrested them earlier due to a lack of evidence, the inquest in Winchester heard.
Nunes was the leader of a gang whose other members were later convicted of carrying out similar raids across southern England.Nunes was the leader of a gang whose other members were later convicted of carrying out similar raids across southern England.
Officers had been investigating them for a year and had received intelligence Nunes was planning to hold up a cash delivery van in the town.Officers had been investigating them for a year and had received intelligence Nunes was planning to hold up a cash delivery van in the town.
During the six-week hearing, jurors saw CCTV footage of the moment a rifleman from the Met's Flying Squad positioned in overlooking flats shot Nunes as he pointed the gun at the G4S security guard's head. The "meticulously planned" covert operation on 13 September 2007 by the Metropolitan Police's CO19 firearms team had been set up to intercept Nunes and his gang, which included Markland.
Markland then appeared to pick up Nunes's gun before being shot by another police marksman. During the six-week hearing, jurors saw CCTV footage of the moment a police rifleman positioned in overlooking flats shot Nunes as he pointed the gun at the G4S security guard's head.
Markland was pronounced dead at the scene while Nunes died later that morning in hospital. Markland then ran over and picked up Nunes's gun before being shot by another police marksman.
'Farce' for families
He was then seen moving, so another shot was fired into his chest, the hearing was told.
Markland, a chef, of Brixton, south London, was pronounced dead at the scene while Nunes, of Streatham, South London, died later that morning in hospital.
Central Hampshire coroner Graham Short had told jurors the inquest would examine the "operational and tactical decisions that preceded those events".Central Hampshire coroner Graham Short had told jurors the inquest would examine the "operational and tactical decisions that preceded those events".
The police commander on the ground that day, Det Ch Insp Terry Wilson, told the hearing Nunes had taken officers "by surprise" when he pulled out a gun. He told the jury it could only deliver a lawful killing or open verdict, which the dead men's relatives said had "rendered the proceedings a farce for the families".
Post-mortem examinations found Nunes died from a high-velocity gunshot wound to the chest which exited through the neck and Markland died from two separate high-velocity gunshot wounds to the chest. Surveillance teams had earlier spotted Markland in a bus stop over the road from the HSBC bank, and Nunes as a passenger in a Volvo estate.
But police did not move in because they still did not have enough evidence, the inquest heard, instead waiting for two minutes until Nunes made his move.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC), which investigated the shootings, said it would not be releasing the CCTV footage of the men being shot, as it was considered too distressing for the families of the dead men, who were not in court for the verdicts.
Afterwards in a statement the families said: "The families of Mark Nunes and Andrew Markland waited for four years for the full inquest touching upon the deaths of their loved ones."
They said the inquest had heard evidence of "various opportunities" for police to disrupt the robbery earlier in "order to minimise the risk to the lives of the security guard, members of the public and the deceased".
They added they had wanted the jury to have been allowed to record a narrative verdict to "identify any failures in the police operation that they considered caused or more than minimally contributed to the men's deaths".