New Menezes CCTV images released

New images of the police officers who pursued Jean Charles de Menezes have been released.They were shown to the jury at the Old Bailey trial in which the Metropolitan Police is accused of endangering Mr Menezes and the public.The images, taken from CCTV footage, show a police officer, dressed in an unmarked grey top, pushing past two commuters to try to get through the ticket barrier.He is then seen vaulting over the top to get into the station, down the escalator and to the platform.Passengers look on in disbelief as other armed officers rush through the barrier and into the station.Members of the public are seen running away after spotting an armed officer on stairs leading to a tunnel to the platform.As they entered the station, the SO19 officers shouted "armed police". Some had caps on and some carried rifles.Minutes after the man and other armed officers burst into Stockwell Tube station, in south London, the 27-year-old Brazilian electrician died with seven bullets in the head.The footage was shown to the jury after a surveillance officer codenamed Graham said he was in the foyer of the station when the armed officers arrived.He said: "I have a recollection of them shouting, vaulting, attempting to vault the barrier."Asked what his reaction was to seeing the officers, he said: "I was surprised. I was shocked."From the briefing point of view, there had been no information that they would be part of the operation."The trial was adjourned until Thursday.© Independent Television News Limited 2007. All rights reserved.

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