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| Metropolitan Police 'gathered information' on Menezes family | Metropolitan Police 'gathered information' on Menezes family |
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| The Met Police gathered information on relatives of Jean Charles de Menezes, who was shot dead by police nine years ago, their lawyer has said. | The Met Police gathered information on relatives of Jean Charles de Menezes, who was shot dead by police nine years ago, their lawyer has said. |
| Mr Menezes was killed at Stockwell Tube station on 22 July 2005 by officers who mistook him for a suicide bomber. | |
| His family's lawyer said she had been informed by the Met that information was gathered on them after his death. | His family's lawyer said she had been informed by the Met that information was gathered on them after his death. |
| It comes ahead of the publication of a report on claims officers were tasked with infiltrating justice campaigns. | It comes ahead of the publication of a report on claims officers were tasked with infiltrating justice campaigns. |
| The Met Police is due to give an update on Operation Herne - the investigation into the claims - later. | The Met Police is due to give an update on Operation Herne - the investigation into the claims - later. |
| BBC News understands that up to ten families who were campaigning for justice have been told that undercover police gathered and retained information on them. | |
| On Wednesday, the mother of student Ricky Reel, who was found dead after a suspected racist attack in London in 1997, said she was spied on by undercover officers. | On Wednesday, the mother of student Ricky Reel, who was found dead after a suspected racist attack in London in 1997, said she was spied on by undercover officers. |
| Sukhdev Reel said she had been informed by an officer from Operation Herne that police had gathered intelligence on her in 1998 and 1999. | |
| She called for a public inquiry into the spying claims and told the BBC: "This was happening at a time we were feeling very low, we should have been left alone to grieve for our son, instead of being spied upon. | |
| "As soon as I heard it, the room started spinning and I felt sick." | |
| Derbyshire Chief Constable Mick Creedon, who is leading Operation Herne, has said he has found no evidence that any family justice campaign was targeted or infiltrated - but he criticised the "routine gathering" of information. | Derbyshire Chief Constable Mick Creedon, who is leading Operation Herne, has said he has found no evidence that any family justice campaign was targeted or infiltrated - but he criticised the "routine gathering" of information. |
| The undercover police unit at the centre of the allegations was the Special Demonstration Squad. It has also been accused of spying on the parents of the murdered black teenager Stephen Lawrence. |