Charles de Menezes

Met: Menezes' death a mistake but not a crime

A court hears how police were not properly briefed at the Met Police's health and safety trial over Brazilian Jean Charles de Menezes' death.

Firearms officers were told to expect a suicide bomber who was 'up for it' and should be stopped 'at any cost'. That is what a court has been told, but the police were not properly briefed.

Prosecutors at the health and safety trial of the Metropolitan Police said the Brazilian Jean Charles de Menezes died because of 'obvious confusion' on the part of police.

God damn the death of Charles de Menezes should be treated as manslaughter, not fucking health and safety