Police 'misled' Menezes pathologist
Jean Charles de Menezes was shot dead at Stockwell tube station on July 22nd 2005
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Wednesday, 05, Nov 2008 12:57
A pathologist was misled by police into believing Jean Charles de Menezes "vaulted" a Tube barrier before being shot by armed police, an inquest has heard.
Dr Kenneth Shorrocks, who carried out the post-mortem examinations after the Brazilian was shot dead, incorrectly recorded in his notes that Mr de Menezes jumped the barrier, before "stumbling" down an escalator at Stockwell tube station on July 22nd 2005.
Appearing at the inquest, he said that he was give false information during a "walk-through" at the tube station in the hours after the shooting.
Asked why there were errors in his report, Dr Shorrocks said: "This was what was told to me. What happened at that time was that there were a lot of officers present and we were taken through.
"I did not write anything down. I did not make any note of who told me what - but, at the next opportunity that I had, I got my Dictaphone."
He told the jury on Wednesday that the day in question had been "long" but rejected he had been influenced by media reports.
Mr de Menezes was shot dead by Metropolitan police officers after being mistaken for failed suicide bomber Hussain Osman.
The inquest continues.