LONDON (Reuters) - The family of a Brazilian electrician, killed by police who thought he was a suicide bomber, lost a High Court bid on Thursday to hold the individual officers accountable.
Jean Charles De Menezes, 27, was shot in the head seven times after he was mistaken for a possible bomber at Stockwell underground station in the highly charged aftermath of last year's fatal attacks on London's transport system.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) decided in July no officer involved in the bungled operation should face charges. Instead London's Metropolitan Police as a whole is to be prosecuted next October on health and safety charges.
The family's lawyers argued at the High Court the failure to prosecute police for murder amounted to a breach of article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights covering the right to life.
Jean Charles De Menezes, 27, was shot in the head seven times after he was mistaken for a possible bomber at Stockwell underground station in the highly charged aftermath of last year's fatal attacks on London's transport system.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) decided in July no officer involved in the bungled operation should face charges. Instead London's Metropolitan Police as a whole is to be prosecuted next October on health and safety charges.
The family's lawyers argued at the High Court the failure to prosecute police for murder amounted to a breach of article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights covering the right to life.
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