Tube shooting report due out today

The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) is publishing its report into the reaction of Scotland Yard bosses after counter terrorist officers gunned him down when he was mistakenly identified as a suicide bomber.

There has been a sustained and determined private criticism of the way the IPCC has handled the inquiry into the July 22, 2005 killing at Stockwell Tube station in south London.

It recommended that 11 officers, including the officers who shot Mr de Menezes, should not be disciplined and no decision has been taken over four senior officers, including senior incident commander Cressida Dick who has since been promoted.

Following their son's death, the de Menezes family, who live in Brazil, complained that inaccurate information was given to the public by officers including Commissioner Sir Ian Blair.

Sir Ian deliberately misled people about the circumstances surrounding the decision to shoot Jean Charles, the family said.

Sir Ian is expected to escape censure in the report and instead, Assistant Commissioner Andy Hayman - the UK's most senior counter terrorist officer - is thought to be singled out.

The report, dubbed Stockwell Two, has been dogged by controversy amid a series of leaks which cast fresh light on the incident. It will go into minute detail about who knew what and when in the hours following the fatal shooting.

An IPCC secretary who released confidential documents about Mr de Menezes said her motivation had been to expose "a lie".

Meanwhile, a separate IPCC report has investigated the actual shooting of Mr de Menezes although this will remain unpublished until legal action against the Met is over.

The force faces an eight-week trial under health and safety laws in October that could result in an unlimited fine.

An inquest into Mr de Menezes' death remains adjourned until legal matters are concluded, despite a failed court action by his family to speed up the process.

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