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The armed police who shot Jean Charles de Menezes were briefed hours beforehand that they would be using "unusual" lethal tactics and would only be deployed if officers on the ground believed they were dealing with a suicide bomber who was "deadly" and "up for it", the Old Bailey heard yesterday - the second day of the prosecution of the Metropolitan Police.
The team from Scotland Yard's CO19 squad, issued with special ammunition designed to kill instantly, allegedly failed to satisfy themselves there had been a "positive identification" of the 27-year-old Brazilian electrician as a potential bomber before he was shot seven times in the head on board a London Underground train the day after the failed attacks on July 21, 2005.
- Independent
