Mother And Brother Of Jean Charles De Menezes Attend Inquest On Monday
ADVANCE NOTICE
Jean Charles de Menezes' mother Maria Otone de Menezes, 63, and his brother Giovani de Menezes, 36 have arrived in London from Brazil and will be attending the inquest into his death from Monday 6 October.
On Monday, they will arrive via the Alex Stewart Gate at the Oval Cricket Ground at approximately 9.15am where there will be an opportunity to take pictures and film the family arriving at the court.
Evidence emerging from the inquest has already raised more questions that it has answered about the botched operation that led to an innocent man being shot. Police officers continue to contradict each other on key points of evidence but the family are hopeful that as proceedings continue, a clearer picture will emerge under questioning by their legal representatives.
Next week the inquest is expected to hear evidence from those in the control room during the surveillance of Jean Charles including:
Cressida Dick
The DSO in overall command of the operation and
CI Esposito (known as Trojan 80 in the Health and Safety trial)
Cressida Dick's firearms tactical advisor, who was in the control room throughout the surveillance of Jean Charles
A spokesperson for the Jean Charles de Menezes Family Campaign said,
"Jean's mother and brother are coming to the UK to finally come face to face with their son's killers and hope that through the inquest, some justice can be done. However it has been highly alarming and extremely insulting for the bereaved Menezes family to hear evidence at the inquest from senior officers in the Metropolitan police that they did nothing wrong and that a similar tragedy could happen again. This continued rebuttal of any wrong doing on their part only adds to the shameful perception that the Metropolitan Police has no regrets and shows no remorse about deliberately killing an innocent man. We hope they will not continue such an offensive approach in front of Jean's mother"
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