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De Menezes police granted anonymity The
Press Association All 44 police officers who applied for anonymity at the inquest into the death of Jean Charles de Menezes will have their identity kept secret using a screen and code-names. The applications were approved by Coroner Sir Michael Wright QC at a pre-inquest hearing into the Brazilian's death at Southwark Coroners Court. The officers will be given pseudonyms or code-names and those called to give evidence in person will do so from behind a screen. (Article continues below)
But the coroner gave some members of the de Menezes family special permission to see the anonymous witnesses give evidence. Many officers due to give written or oral evidence did not apply for anonymity, including Deputy Assistant Commissioner Cressida Dick, the commander responsible for the operation that ultimately led to Mr de Menezes death. The Brazilian was shot dead at Stockwell tube station, London, by counter-terrorist police who mistook him for suicide bomber Hussain Osman on July 22, 2005. Giving his reasons for the decision, the coroner said many of the officers continued to take part in covert anti-terrorism and serious organised crime operations. He said this meant there was a genuine fear that officers and their families could be put at risk if they gave evidence without anonymity.
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