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.

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.

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.