Jul 19, 2006 00:01
The Metropolitan Police is to be prosecuted for failing to provide for the health, safety and welfare of Jean Charles de Menezes on the day he was shot seven times in the head by anti-terror officers.
Stephen O'Doherty, the senior reviewing lawyer, said a number of individuals had made "errors in planning and communication" in the operation that led to the death of the innocent 27-year-old Brazilian.
However, he said the officers who shot him thought that he was a suicide bomber.