posted 07.01.2010

MENEZES MEMORIAL UNVEILING AT STOCKWELL TUBE STATIONON THURSDAY

The family of Jean Charles de Menezes will be unveiling a permanent memorial to Jean Charles at Stockwell tube station at 10:00am Thursday, 7 January 2010.

After a public campaign by the Menezes family last year, Transport for London agreed to mark the Menezes shooting by installing a mosaic in Jean Charles’ image outside Stockwell station.

The mosaic was created by local artist Mary Edwards and will serve as a permanent reminder of the Menezes family's fight for justice. It replaces the maks-shift shrine outside Stockwell station that has been maintained by the Justice4Jean Campaign for four and half years.

Vivian Figueiredo, cousin of Jean Charles said,

“The 7 January would have been Jean’s 32nd birthday. We will be marking this day by unveiling a mosaic which will serve as a lasting legacy to the injustice that took place at Stockwell. We hope generations to come will remember Jean Charles through this memorial and it will act as a public reminder that police officers should not be above the law”.