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

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

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 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.

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.

A gunman who traded shots with police in a five-hour stand-off has died, Scotland Yard said tonight.

An inquest into the death of Jean Charles de Menezes could last up to three months, his family said today.

An independent complaints body has decided that no police officers will face disciplinary action over the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes in London more than two years ago.

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

Dramatic CCTV footage of the moment when one of the alleged July 21 bombers tried to detonate his rucksack bomb and failed was revealed for the first time today.

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.

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.

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.

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.

“ABOUT 10.03am I saw the male in the denim jacket enter Stockwell tube station. I transmitted via my radio a request for directions as to whether (he) should be detained.

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.

Lawyers for the family of Jean Charles de Menezes met officials from the UK's police watchdog today for the first time since a fresh wave of revelations re-ignited the controversy over his shooting by anti-terror officers.

Lawyers for the family of Jean Charles de Menezes are today expected to be updated on the investigation into his fatal shooting by armed police.

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The shooting dead of an innocent Brazilian by anti-terror police in London was branded “shocking and terrifying” after new details of alleged police blunders emerged.

THE student visa of Jean Charles de Menezes expired more than two years before he was wrongly shot by police, a British Home Office spokeswoman said last night.

Anti-terror police arrested nine more men during dawn raids on two addresses in south London today.

The family of the Brazilian man killed by the British police said yesterday he had acted as “training” for the security forces.

BRAZILIAN electrician Jean Charles de Menezes was shot eight times by anti-terror police at Stockwell Tube station, it emerged yesterday.

The Brazilian electrician shot dead by anti-terror police at Stockwell Tube station in south London had no reason to flee from authorities, according to a relative today.

The man shot dead by police in south London yesterday is not connected to attempted terror attacks on the capital, Scotland Yard said today.

POLICE have released images of the four suspected suicide bombers who tried to bring more death and carnage to London on Thursday.

FEARS of a long hot summer of terror in London were heightened yesterday when armed police gunned down a suspected suicide bomber at a tube station in a city suburb.

Police have revealed the faces of four men wanted for questioning in connection with the attempted suicide attacks in London yesterday.

Police at London's Stockwell Tube Station appear to have used very similar tactics to those deployed against suicide bombers in the Middle East, a terrorism expert said today.

A suspected suicide bomber was shot dead on the London Underground today as he fled from the police.

Passengers were evacuated from a Tube train today after gun shots were fired.