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The inquest into Jean Charles de Menezes death will commence at on 22nd September at Oval Cricket Ground, The Brit Oval, Kennington, London, SE11 5SS. It is expected to last three months. Jean’s mother and brother will be coming over from Brazil for approximately one month of the inquest from early October.

The inquest will bring together witnesses and evidence into one court proceeding for the first time. Until now the Menezes family have been effective bystanders to the investigations into his death which all happened without their involvement. The inquest however will be the first time the Menezes family will be able to ask the questions they want of the police officers involved in the botched operation on 22nd July, including questioning the firearms officers who killed Jean.

The Coroner has, however, granted anonymity to these almost fifty police officers, who will give evidence behind screens and given codenames hiding their identity from the public.

The family hope the inquest will examine:

(a) The setting of the Scotia Road strategy and the implementation of that strategy by senior officers, their support staff and the firearms and surveillance officers;

(b) Operation Kratos, whether it was followed during the operation, and the training of officers in it

(c) The legality of their use of firearms

(d) Issues surrounding the alleged identification of Jean as Hussain Osman,

(e) Post-shooting events, including the issues surrounding the closure of the scene, the lack of CCTV, the alteration of the surveillance log, and potentially certain issues arising from the IPCC's "Stockwell 2" report, insofar as they could assist in determining events related to the shooting.