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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Rob Evans

Undercover officers spied on family of innocent man shot dead by Met police, inquiry told

Campaigners outside Stockwell tube station holding signs that say 'Justice for the de Menezes family' and 'Shoot to kill is licence to racist murder'
People calling for justice for the de Menezes family outside Stockwell tube station in July 2005. Photograph: Fernando Manoso/EPA/Shutterstock

Undercover police officers spied on the justice campaign run by the family of Jean Charles de Menezes, the innocent man shot dead by police on the tube in 2005, the spycops public inquiry has heard.

The surveillance took place while the grieving family was seeking to hold the Metropolitan police to account and uncover the truth of why officers had mistaken him for a suicide bomber when they shot him seven times in the head.

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