Relatives of Jean Charles de Menezes will pursue a compensation package worth tens of thousands of pounds from Scotland Yard, sources have said.

Nobody was “personally to blame” for the killing of Jean Charles de Menezes, former British police chief Ian Blair said today.

The family of Jean Charles de Menezes branded his inquest a “whitewash” today as a jury rejected police claims that the Brazilian was lawfully killed.

THE coroner at the inquest of Jean Charles de Menezes yesterday ruled out a verdict of unlawful killing.

Innocent Jean Charles de Menezes was shot dead after pictures identifying the real terror suspect arrived too late, an inquest in England heard today.

A woman sitting near Jean Charles de Menezes as he was shot dead in London told how police were "out of control".

A police marksman who shot dead an innocent Brazilian in the aftermath of the London bombings choked back tears yesterday as he recalled how he was convinced the man was a suicide bomber about to strike.

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

London Tube shooting victim Jean Charles de Menezes was killed by “tragic” misidentification, a senior police chief said today.

An anti-terror detective failed to check pictures which could have stopped police in the UK mistaking Jean Charles de Menezes for a suicide bomber, an inquest heard today.

A senior British surveillance officer today denied telling bosses that Jean Charles de Menezes was a suspected suicide bomber.

British officers involved in the pursuit of Jean Charles de Menezes today criticised “chaotic” scenes in the police control room on the day he was shot.

Jean Charles de Menezes was the victim of "terrible and extraordinary circumstances", the senior policewoman in charge of the operation that led to his death told an inquest 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.

Police marksmen should only open fire if they have definitely identified a suspect, Scotland Yard's anti-terror chief told the London inquest into Jean Charles de Menezes's death today.

Some of the surveillance officers staking out Jean Charles de Menezes's home did not have a picture of the July 21 suspect they were hunting, it was claimed today.

Footage of Jean Charles de Menezes travelling on a London bus just minutes before he was shot dead was revealed for the first time today.

The jurors in the Jean Charles de Menezes inquest were warned today to ignore "inaccurate" speculation and decide for themselves how he met his death at the hands of police.

Britain’s top police officer was criticised by a watchdog today for delaying the investigation into the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes.

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Ian Blair insisted he would not resign today after members of the London Assembly passed a vote of no confidence in him.

METROPOLITAN Police Commissioner Ian Blair was under mounting pressure yesterday as the Tories urged Home Secretary Jacqui Smith to fire him.

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair was under mounting pressure today as the Tories urged Home Secretary Jacqui Smith to fire him.

The Metropolitan Police was today found guilty of breaching health and safety laws over the shooting of innocent Brazilian Jean Charles de Menezes.

A jury today retired to consider its verdict in the trial of the Metropolitan Police in England over the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes.

Traces of cocaine were found in Jean Charles de Menezes after he was shot dead by firearms officers, a court heard today.

The leader of the firearms team that shot innocent Brazilian Jean Charles de Menezes choked with emotion today as he defended his officers in court.

The shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes by police firearms officers was caused by “fundamental failures” in planning, a court heard today.

The startling speed at which rumours spread across the force that an innocent man had been shot was revealed in the IPCC report.

THE family of a Brazilian electrician mistakenly shot dead by British anti-terrorist police last year has urged an appeal court to force prosecutors to charge the officers involved in his killing.

REPRESENTATIVES of the Metropolitan Police appeared in court yesterday for the first time over the fatal shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes.

The family of Jean Charles de Menezes, who was shot dead by police on the London Underground last summer, said today that the decision not to charge any individual police officers over his death was “unbelievable”.

THE long-awaited decision on whether British police officers are to be charged over the death of Jean Charles de Menezes will be announced today.

BRITAIN’s police chief, already under pressure over the mistaken shooting of a suspected suicide bomber, is facing fresh calls to resign for secretly recording a phone call with the country’s senior legal adviser.

The family of a Brazilian man shot dead after being mistaken for a terrorist are “shocked” that his killing is to be reportedly mirrored in the plot of the next James Bond blockbuster.

THE family of Jean Charles de Menezes yesterday called on Britain’s top policeman to “consider his position” after reports that officers covered up their part in the Brazilian’s death.

THE family of Jean Charles de Menezes last night called for “those responsible” for the fatal shooting of the 27-year-old to face “real justice” in a court of law.

The family of Brazilian Jean Charles de Menezes tonight welcomed the inquiry into the conduct of Britain’s most senior police chief following the fatal shooting of their relative.

LAWYERS for London bomb suspect Hussain Osman, 27, challenged his extradition to Britain yesterday.

ONE of the July 7 London suicide bombers made three desperate phone calls to his fellow terrorists just before detonating his explosives, it emerged yesterday.

The British Independent Police Complaints Commission will complete its report into the death of Jean Charles de Menezes by Christmas, a coroner’s court heard today.

Scotland Yard chief Ian Blair did not know his officers had shot an innocent man until 24 hours after Jean Charles de Menezes was killed, it emerged tonight.

FRIGHTENED witnesses thought they saw Jean Charles de Menezes, wearing a padded jacket, vault the barrier at Stockwell station and run on to a train.

LAWYERS for the families of Jean Charles de Menezes described his shooting as a “chaotic mess” and called for a broad public inquiry to uncover the truth about his death.

IT remains unclear whether one of the senior officers at the centre of the operation that led to the death of Jean Charles de Menezes had ordered him to be taken alive.