Death of an innocent man
Updated on 16 August 2005
It was a catastrophic failure of intelligence - ending in the death of an innocent man mistaken for a suicide bomber.
An official inquiry is underway into the fatal shooting of the young Brazilian Jean Charles de Menezes - a tragedy shrouded in confusion from the start.
Now tonight, leaked documents and photographs from that report reveal just how badly the police operation may have gone wrong. The leaked draft - obtained by ITV News -shows:
- The day after the July 21st London bomb attacks, at 9.30am, Mr de Menezes left his home - his block watched by police who thought it housed one of the would-be bombers.
- As Jean Charles made his way out, a surveillance officer was apparently relieving himself and couldn't communicate his observations or video him.
- De Menezes continued on his way - boarding a bus to Stockwell Tube Station.
- Gold Command instructed officers that he was to be stopped from entering the tube system. But this apparently didn't happen.
- De Menezes used his electronic card to pass legitimately through the barriers - he did not jump them - and even stopped to pick up a free newspaper.
- He started to run, possibly to catch a train just pulling in - as armed officers received positive identification of their target - and authorisation to shoot to kill.
Our home affairs correspondent Simon Israel reports.
