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'Stop Menezes', police were told 'Stop Menezes,' police were told
(about 4 hours later)
Police following Jean Charles de Menezes were ordered to stop him "at all costs", a retired detective told the inquest into the Brazilian's death.Police following Jean Charles de Menezes were ordered to stop him "at all costs", a retired detective told the inquest into the Brazilian's death.
Mark Lewindon, a detective chief inspector when Mr de Menezes was shot by police in 2005, said he heard the order from Commander Cressida Dick.Mark Lewindon, a detective chief inspector when Mr de Menezes was shot by police in 2005, said he heard the order from Commander Cressida Dick.
However Ms Dick's QC, David Perry, said she did say he was to be stopped, but did not use the words "at all costs".However Ms Dick's QC, David Perry, said she did say he was to be stopped, but did not use the words "at all costs".
Mr de Menezes, 27, was killed after he was mistaken for a terror suspect.Mr de Menezes, 27, was killed after he was mistaken for a terror suspect.
The innocent electrician was shot seven times in the head at close range by two police marksmen after he got on a train at Stockwell Tube station in south London on 22 July 2005.The innocent electrician was shot seven times in the head at close range by two police marksmen after he got on a train at Stockwell Tube station in south London on 22 July 2005.
The specialist firearms officers mistook him for failed suicide bomber Hussain Osman. Osman and three others tried to attack transport in London on 21 July 2005.The specialist firearms officers mistook him for failed suicide bomber Hussain Osman. Osman and three others tried to attack transport in London on 21 July 2005.
Mr Lewindon, who was in the operations room at New Scotland Yard the morning of the killing, told the inquest: "It was said he shouldn't be allowed to get on the train and I think the words she used were 'at all costs'."Mr Lewindon, who was in the operations room at New Scotland Yard the morning of the killing, told the inquest: "It was said he shouldn't be allowed to get on the train and I think the words she used were 'at all costs'."
She did say, so it's clear, that he was to be stopped, but she didn't use the words 'at all costs' David Perry, QCShe did say, so it's clear, that he was to be stopped, but she didn't use the words 'at all costs' David Perry, QC
However, when questioned by Mr Perry if he was certain about the words used, he replied: "I'm not sure if you are asking the question, what you are saying, you may be wrong about that and I could be wrong, yes."However, when questioned by Mr Perry if he was certain about the words used, he replied: "I'm not sure if you are asking the question, what you are saying, you may be wrong about that and I could be wrong, yes."
Mr Perry said: "I'm going to suggest Cressida Dick didn't say 'at all costs'. She did say, so it's clear, that he was to be stopped, but she didn't use the words 'at all costs'."Mr Perry said: "I'm going to suggest Cressida Dick didn't say 'at all costs'. She did say, so it's clear, that he was to be stopped, but she didn't use the words 'at all costs'."
Mr Lewindon also told the inquest that Det Ch Supt Jon Boutcher had tried to establish whether Mr de Menezes was a suspect.Mr Lewindon also told the inquest that Det Ch Supt Jon Boutcher had tried to establish whether Mr de Menezes was a suspect.
Mr Lewindon said: "There were questions around the identity of the person being followed and I remember Mr Boutcher asking for a percentage, to which the people following, the surveillance teams, were confident that the person being followed was a suspect."Mr Lewindon said: "There were questions around the identity of the person being followed and I remember Mr Boutcher asking for a percentage, to which the people following, the surveillance teams, were confident that the person being followed was a suspect."
Contradictory
Meanwhile, two police officers involved in the operation gave contradictory statements at the inquest.
An officer, speaking from behind a screen and using the codename Alan, said it was agreed armed officers would back up a surveillance team that would be despatched to watch Mr de Menezes' home at a meeting at 5am on July 22, 2005.
The court heard that at 5.17am Alan called the SO19 tactical adviser, known in the court by the codename Inspector Zaj.
Alan said he made notes at the time, stating "Tac adviser called and team deployed".
But Inspector Zaj told the court he received no such instruction.
Also speaking from behind a screen he said he had no recollection of what Alan said to him in the phone call at 5.17am.
The armed SO19 team did not go to Scotia Road and another team only arrived later when Mr de Menezes had already started his journey.