Paddick to give evidence at inquest
A former senior policeman who criticised his force's handling of the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes will give evidence at the Brazilian's inquest on Wednesday.
Retired Deputy Assistant Commissioner Brian Paddick questioned Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair's account of when he learned his officers had killed an innocent man.
Police marksmen shot Mr de Menezes seven times in the head at point blank range at Stockwell Tube station in south London on July 22 2005.
He had been mistaken for one of the terrorists behind the previous day's failed suicide attacks on the capital.
Mr Paddick is expected to be quizzed about the Met's firearms policies when he gives evidence to the inquest at the Oval cricket ground.
He clashed with Sir Ian over the shooting before his retirement in May last year.
He told the Independent Police Complaints Commission that members of the Commissioner's own staff told him just hours after the shooting that a "Brazilian tourist" had been killed.
But Sir Ian insisted he knew nothing about these rumours when he left New Scotland Yard that evening, and the IPCC supported his version of events.
It was not until 4.52pm the following day that the Met publicly confirmed that Mr de Menezes was not connected to the July 21 attacks.
Mr Paddick, who was the country's highest-ranking openly gay policeman, unsuccessfully ran for election as the Liberal Democrat candidate for London Mayor in May.
