Blair 'desperately sorry' for Brazilian's death

British Prime Minister Tony Blair today expressed his sorrow over the death of Brazilian Jean Charles de Menezes, who was mistaken for a suicide bomber at Stockwell station on London’s Underground and shot five times in the head by plain clothes’ police.

Mr Blair told a Downing Street news conference: “We are desperately sorry for the death of an innocent person and I understand entirely the feelings of the young man’s family.