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| Menezes picture 'was manipulated' | Menezes picture 'was manipulated' |
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| Police have been accused of manipulating a photo of Jean Charles de Menezes so it could be compared to that of one of the 21/7 bomb plotters. | |
| The image had been "stretched and sized" to form a composite image of the Brazilian and Hussain Osman to show the jury, prosecutors told the Old Bailey. | |
| Mr de Menezes was shot dead after being wrongly identified as one of the men who targeted London's transport system. | Mr de Menezes was shot dead after being wrongly identified as one of the men who targeted London's transport system. |
| The Metropolitan Police denies breaking health and safety laws. | |
| Mr de Menezes, 27, was shot seven times in the head on a train at Stockwell Tube station on 22 July 2005, after being wrongly identified as Osman. | |
| The Met Police said the composite picture was created to illustrate the difficulties officers would have had in differentiating the two men. | The Met Police said the composite picture was created to illustrate the difficulties officers would have had in differentiating the two men. |
| But Clare Montgomery QC, prosecuting, told the court it had been altered "by either stretching or resizing so the face ceases to have its correct proportions". | But Clare Montgomery QC, prosecuting, told the court it had been altered "by either stretching or resizing so the face ceases to have its correct proportions". |
| The judge, Mr Justice Henriques, told the jury: "A serious allegation has been made that a picture has been manipulated so as to mislead." | The judge, Mr Justice Henriques, told the jury: "A serious allegation has been made that a picture has been manipulated so as to mislead." |
| Forensics consultant Michael George told the court that the police composite appeared to have a "greater definition" than the two images used to produce it. | Forensics consultant Michael George told the court that the police composite appeared to have a "greater definition" than the two images used to produce it. |
| He produced an alternative composite, shown to the jury, in which the two faces have different skin tones and their mouths and noses are not aligned. | He produced an alternative composite, shown to the jury, in which the two faces have different skin tones and their mouths and noses are not aligned. |