A police chief who is investigating the British Army's top-ranking IRA agent told the UK Prime Minister she "got it wrong" on legacy cases in Northern Ireland.

Police chasing Jean Charles de Menezes were under "undue pressure" to identify him as a suicide bomber, a senior detective said today.

Police following Jean Charles de Menezes in London were ordered to stop him "at all costs", a retired detective has told an inquest into his shooting.