Second gun cop who shot dead Jean Charles de Menezes shares his side of story in new Netflix doc
THE second gun cop who shot dead Jean Charles De Menezes in the aftermath of the 7/7 attacks is to feature in a documentary.
The victim’s family members will also appear in the Netflix show into the mistaken identity killing.
It comes just weeks after the first armed officer involved in the shooting at Stockwell Tube Station in South London broke his silence over the incident on Channel 4.
The BBC and Sky are also working on documentaries on the 7/7 terror attacks — meaning four will have aired by the 20th anniversary on July 7.
A Disney drama is also in the works.
A TV insider said: “Netflix’s documentary is likely to come under the greatest scrutiny as experts will be looking to see if the Channel 4 officer’s version of events tally with that of the cop in the streaming giant’s show.
“The shooting is one of the most controversial killings in the history of modern policing.
“This testimony is hugely important.”
Brazilian De Menezes, 27, was shot dead on July 22, 2005, after he was wrongly identified as one of the fugitives from failed bombings carried out on London’s Tube the previous day.
The capital was already in the grip of fear following the July 7 suicide attacks by Islamic extremists — three on the Tube and one on a bus — in which 52 were killed and almost 800 injured.
Netflix declined to comment.
Stockwell shooting timeline
2005
July 7 – four suicide bombers kill 52 people in London
July 21 – four terrorists fail to detonate explosives in London
July 22 – 9.33am surveillance officers see Jean Charles de Menezes leave a block of flats in South London, thinking he is terror suspect Hussen Osman
10.01am – Jean Charles enters Stockwell tube station
10.04am – ‘State Red’ declared meaning firearms officer ordered to stop the suspect
10.05am – Armed officers confront and shoot Jean Charles
4pm – Met Commissioner Sir Ian Blair tells a press conference the Stockwell shooting was “directly linked” to the attempted bombing.
5pm – The police admit the victim was not linked to terrorism.
July 27 – Four of Jean Charles’s cousins, pictured above, demand an end to the “shoot-to-kill” policy.
August 16 – ITV reveals details of Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) investigation that contradict the Met’s version of events.
2006
July 15 – It is revealed that no one will be charged with the murder or manslaughter of Jean Charles.
2007
November 1 – The Met Police Commissioner and his office were found guilty of health and safety offences and fined £175,000.
2008
December 12 – A coroner’s inquest records an open verdict on Jean Charles’s death.
2009
November 23 – The Met agrees to pay £100,000 in compensation to Jean Charles’s family.