Kill the Messenger

Kill the Messenger
Sun, 25 Sep 2005 12:05:42 -0700

Summary:
A woman, believed to be the person who leaked findings about the shooting of
Brazilian Jean Charles de Menezes in the Stockwell tube station, has been
arrested.


Jean Charles de Menezes, who was shot 11 times (7 times in the head), by
police (who claimed that they thought he was a suicide bomber), was later
found to be completely innocent.

The information provided in the leak indicated that a cover-up had taken
place. Jean Charles de Menezes' family are still answers into the killing
and have demanded that those involved be punished and that Metropolitan
Police chief Sir Ian Blair resign.


By BBC Staff
Republished from BBC
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4280238.stm


Woman arrested over leak of de Menezes Report
A woman has been arrested over the leak of findings about the fatal police
shooting of Brazilian Jean Charles de Menezes on the Tube, it has emerged.

The 43-year-old was arrested at one of a number of London addresses
searched.

The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) leak prompted claims
police had covered up details of the shooting at Stockwell station in July.

No details were given on the grounds for Wednesday's arrest. The woman was
later released on police bail.

Electrician Mr Menezes was shot by police on 22 July - the day after several
failed bomb attempts - when he was mistaken for one of the bombing suspects.

Search warrants
The leak is being investigated by Leicestershire Police after ITV News ran
details of the IPCC inquiry into the shooting.

A police statement said: "On Wednesday 21 September, Leicestershire
Constabulary, supported by officers from the City of London Police, executed
a number of search warrants at addresses in the London area.

The Menezes family demanded the resignation of Sir Ian Blair

"A 43-year-old woman was arrested at one of the London addresses and later
released on bail pending further inquiries."

The leaked information contradicted much of what had previously been thought
about Mr Menezes' death and led his family to demand the resignation of
Metropolitan Police chief Sir Ian Blair.

Scotland Yard was quoted as saying that Mr Menezes' "clothing and demeanour"
added to suspicions that he was a suspected suicide bomber.

However, the leaked documents and photographs show the body of Mr Menezes,
on the Tube where he was shot dead by police, wearing a denim jacket - not a
bulky one as previously described.

At the end of August, the IPCC announced an inquiry into how the documents
were leaked, led by former Chief Inspector of Constabulary for Scotland Bill
Taylor.





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