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| Police firearms officers shot dead Jean Charles de Menezes because of "fundamental failures" in planning, a court has heard. | Police firearms officers shot dead Jean Charles de Menezes because of "fundamental failures" in planning, a court has heard. |
| An Old Bailey jury heard Mr Menezes was killed by officers who mistook him for a suicide bomber at Stockwell Tube station in London on 22 July, 2005. | An Old Bailey jury heard Mr Menezes was killed by officers who mistook him for a suicide bomber at Stockwell Tube station in London on 22 July, 2005. |
| It is alleged by the prosecution that the Metropolitan Police breached health and safety laws during the operation. | It is alleged by the prosecution that the Metropolitan Police breached health and safety laws during the operation. |
| The force denies the charge and the trial is expected to last six weeks. | The force denies the charge and the trial is expected to last six weeks. |
| 'Disaster' | 'Disaster' |
| Clare Montgomery QC, prosecuting, said the "disaster" of the Brazilian electrician's death was "not the result of a fast-moving operation going suddenly and unpredictably awry". | Clare Montgomery QC, prosecuting, said the "disaster" of the Brazilian electrician's death was "not the result of a fast-moving operation going suddenly and unpredictably awry". |
| "It was the result of fundamental failures to carry out a planned operation in a safe and reasonable way," she said. | "It was the result of fundamental failures to carry out a planned operation in a safe and reasonable way," she said. |
| "We say that the police planned and carried out an operation that day so badly that the public were needlessly put at risk and Jean Charles was killed as a result." | "We say that the police planned and carried out an operation that day so badly that the public were needlessly put at risk and Jean Charles was killed as a result." |
| Following the Independent Police Complaints Commission's report into the circumstances surrounding the shooting, the Crown Prosecution Service decided that no individual should be prosecuted in connection with the case. | Following the Independent Police Complaints Commission's report into the circumstances surrounding the shooting, the Crown Prosecution Service decided that no individual should be prosecuted in connection with the case. |
| However, the office of the commissioner of police is charged with failing to ensure that the public and Mr de Menezes were not put at risk during the surveillance, pursuit and detention of a suspected suicide bomber. | However, the office of the commissioner of police is charged with failing to ensure that the public and Mr de Menezes were not put at risk during the surveillance, pursuit and detention of a suspected suicide bomber. |
| The penalty on conviction is an unlimited fine. | The penalty on conviction is an unlimited fine. |
| Mr Menezes, 27, was shot dead by anti-terrorist police during the biggest manhunt in the force's history. | Mr Menezes, 27, was shot dead by anti-terrorist police during the biggest manhunt in the force's history. |