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Menezes inquiry

By Victoria Macdonald

Updated on 28 November 2005

Britain's most senior police officer is at the centre of an investigation into whether he misled the public over the fatal shooting of an innocent man


A poster demanding the resignation of police chief is seen during a vigil for Menezes outside 10 Downing Street, London

A poster demanding the resignation of police chief. Credit: Reuters

The Independent Police Complaints Commission will investigate Sir Ian Blair's conduct after the death of Jean Charles de Menezes, who was killed the day after the failed London bombings in July when he was mistaken for a suicide bomber.

The Menezes family claims Sir Ian misled them and the public about what happened. The investigation - which is not part of the ongoing inquiry into the shooting - has been welcomed by the Metropolitan Police.

Our correspondent Victoria Macdonald reports from Scotland Yard.

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