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An investigation has begun after a senior officer admitted changing evidence during the inquest into the death of Jean Charles de Menezes.An investigation has begun after a senior officer admitted changing evidence during the inquest into the death of Jean Charles de Menezes.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission announced the launch of the probe on Monday. The Special Branch officer, named as Owen, said he deleted a line from computer notes which quoted Deputy Assistant Commissioner Cressida Dick.
Mr de Menezes, a 27-year-old Brazilian, was killed by police in London in 2005 after they mistook him for one of the 21 July would-be suicide bombers. The Independent Police Complaints Commission said it would investigate.
He was shot at a Tube station a day after the failed attacks. Brazilian Mr de Menezes, 27, was killed by police who mistook him for one of the failed 21 July 2005 bombers.
The surveillance officer told the inquest the deleted line claimed Ms Dick had initially said the electrician could "run onto Tube as not carrying anything".
But on Monday he said: "On reflection, I looked at that and thought I cannot actually say that."
An Independent Police Complaints Commission spokesman said: "This matter will be subject to an independent investigation and we are not in a position to comment further at this stage."
Mr de Menezes was shot as he boarded a train at Stockwell Tube station in south London when firearms officers mistook him for Hussain Osman a day after the would-be bomber and three other men had failed in their attacks on the capital's transport.