Police who shot de Menezes will not be punished...

Relatives of Jean Charles de Menezes have been told that police officers involved in the fatal shooting will not face punishment.

Solicitors acting on their behalf had called on the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) to reconsider if disciplinary action is necessary.

The family of the 27-year-old Brazilian said fresh evidence about the circumstances of his death at Stockwell Tube station, in south London, emerged at an inquest last year.

Mr de Menezes was shot dead on June 22, 2005 by Scotland Yard firearms officers who mistook him for wanted failed suicide bomber Hussain Osman. More...

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