de Menezes familyA vigil is to be held for a man shot dead by police on the Tube 20 years ago after he was mistaken for a suicide bomber.
Brazilian electrician Jean Charles de Menezes was shot seven times in the head and once in the shoulder by two police marksmen at Stockwell station on 22 July 2005.
The family will gather outside the Tube station at 10:00 BST to remember the 27-year-old, who was killed the day after failed bombing attempts on the London transport network and two weeks after the 7/7 bombings in central London.
No officers were prosecuted for the killing but the Met was fined for breaching health and safety laws. In April, the force reiterated its apology to the family.
In April, Mr de Menezes’ family told the BBC they would continue to fight for him and “show the world the truth”.
Speaking before a Disney+ four-part UK TV drama was released, his mum Maria de Menezes said she wanted the real story portrayed after there were incorrect initial reports that he jumped the barriers and hit police.
He was mistaken for one of the suspects because they were linked to the same block of flats.
Last November, the anonymous marksman who shot the Brazilian told Channel 4 he was certain “we were going to die” if he did not act.
Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes: A timeline
- 22 July 2005 Jean Charles de Menezes shot dead by police at Stockwell Tube station
- 17 July 2006 CPS says no officers will be prosecuted, but Met Police will be tried for breaching health and safety laws
- 1 November 2007 Met Police found guilty of breaching health and safety laws and fined
- 22 October 2008 Inquest under way – coroner rules out unlawful killing verdict a month later
- 12 December 2008 Inquest jury returns open verdict
- 16 November 2009 Met Police settles damages claim with family
- 10 June 2015 De Menezes family take legal challenge to European Court of Human Rights
- 30 March 2016 Family lose challenge over decision not to charge any police officer over the shooting
