Family outraged by Tube death cover-up

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.

Family outraged by Tube death cover-up

Newspaper reports claimed that undercover police changed a surveillance log to hide the fact they had mistakenly identified the 27-year-old electrician as a suspected suicide bomber, it was claimed.

Mr de Menezes was shot seven times in the head by anti-terror officers as he tried to board a train at Stockwell Tube station in south London the day after the abortive July 21 attacks.

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