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01-29-2006, 09:32 AM
Some video from Sky
http://www.sky.com/skynews/video/videoplayer/0,,31200-menezes_p5099,00.html
And the story
Shooting Cover-Up Alleged
Updated: 13:42, Sunday January 29, 2006
Police involved in the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes may have tried to cover up a crucial mistake before the killing, it is claimed.
Officers from a surveillance team allegedly changed their report into the shooting the day after the failed bombings in London on July 21 last year.
Sources have told Sky News that the claim is in the report by the Independent Police Complaints Commission, which has been investigating the killing.
The News of the World says it has seen a copy of the IPCC report, which is now with the Crown Prosecution Service.
The 27-year-old electrician was repeatedly shot in the head as he tried to board a train at Stockwell tube station.
Undercover police in the area had been tracking the movements of suspected suicide bomber Hussein Osman.
A surveillance log was produced that day by police colleagues listening to the team's radio messages.
Cousin Alex Pereira According to the report, the log at the time read 'it was Osman', suggesting they had positively identified him, making police believe they were dealing with a dangerous situation.
But at a debriefing 10 hours after the shooting, it is alleged two crucial words were added so that now it read 'and it was not Osman', implying no positive identification had been made.
The alleged cover-up meant blame for the shooting would have been shifted onto senior Scotland Yard commanders or the armed officers.
The report by the Independent Police Complaints Commission has been seen by the Crown Prosecution Service, the Home Office and the Metropolitan Police but not the victim's family.
Alex Pereira, victim's cousin, said: "The family are asking for the report to be made available and then we can read it ourselves and take another step."
The de Menezes family say this latest allegation has made them more determined to win a public inquiry.
http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-13499514,00.html
http://www.sky.com/skynews/video/videoplayer/0,,31200-menezes_p5099,00.html
And the story
Shooting Cover-Up Alleged
Updated: 13:42, Sunday January 29, 2006
Police involved in the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes may have tried to cover up a crucial mistake before the killing, it is claimed.
Officers from a surveillance team allegedly changed their report into the shooting the day after the failed bombings in London on July 21 last year.
Sources have told Sky News that the claim is in the report by the Independent Police Complaints Commission, which has been investigating the killing.
The News of the World says it has seen a copy of the IPCC report, which is now with the Crown Prosecution Service.
The 27-year-old electrician was repeatedly shot in the head as he tried to board a train at Stockwell tube station.
Undercover police in the area had been tracking the movements of suspected suicide bomber Hussein Osman.
A surveillance log was produced that day by police colleagues listening to the team's radio messages.
Cousin Alex Pereira According to the report, the log at the time read 'it was Osman', suggesting they had positively identified him, making police believe they were dealing with a dangerous situation.
But at a debriefing 10 hours after the shooting, it is alleged two crucial words were added so that now it read 'and it was not Osman', implying no positive identification had been made.
The alleged cover-up meant blame for the shooting would have been shifted onto senior Scotland Yard commanders or the armed officers.
The report by the Independent Police Complaints Commission has been seen by the Crown Prosecution Service, the Home Office and the Metropolitan Police but not the victim's family.
Alex Pereira, victim's cousin, said: "The family are asking for the report to be made available and then we can read it ourselves and take another step."
The de Menezes family say this latest allegation has made them more determined to win a public inquiry.
http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-13499514,00.html