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'Inquest not cover-up' called for as de Menezes inquiry begins

By John Sparks

Updated on 22 September 2008

Relatives of Jean Charles de Menezes demand justice as the inquiry into his death opens.

The Brazilian was shot dead by police at Stockwell tube in south London a day after the attempted July 21 London bombings in 2005.

The inquest will hear the first accounts from the two officers who fired the fatal shots and is expected to last three months.

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