Menezes used as training, claims Brazilian’s family

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

They said by shooting dead 27-year-old Jean Charles de Menezes the police had learned the wrong course of action and were now using stun guns instead.

Mr Menezes was gunned down last Friday as he fled from police at Stockwell Tube station in south London. He was shot eight times after police followed him from Tulse Hill in south London.