The stockwell Investigation

Fatal shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes

Update: 02 October 2009

IPCC review of misconduct decision by Chair Nick Hardwick

The IPCC published two key reports after it investigated the fatal shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes – the Stockwell shooting – in July 2005.

The full story of the investigation, the key people involved, details of the subsequent trial and inquest, links to the Stockwell 1 and 2 reports, statistics and background data are provided below:  

• Summary chronology
  Detailed breakdown of the events and timing.
• The IPCC inquiry
  About our investigation.
• The information received by the family of Jean Charles de Menezes
  What the family was told and when.
• Prosecution
  The role of the Crown Prosecution Service.
• Discipline
  Details of the decisions relating to disciplinary action against the officers involved.
• Reports
  About the IPCC’s reports.
• The IPCC and the inquest
  How the IPCC contributed to the inquest.
• Unauthorised disclosure of material from the IPCC investigation in August 2005
  How the IPCC responded.
• Shootings by police
  Details of the number of police shootings since the creation of the IPCC.