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De Menezes family furious over Met 'sex smear' on son
By **Sophie Goodchild, Chief Reporter
Published: 12 March 2006

Scotland Yard was at the centre of a new row over the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes following allegations that he was the suspect in a rape case.

It has emerged that the 27-year-old electrician, gunned down by armed officers at Stockwell Tube station, is being linked with a sex attack in London.

Officers have contacted lawyers acting for the dead man's family to ask for permission to examine DNA samples taken after his death. These are understood to be held by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) which has been investigating the shooting and has also been contacted by the Metropolitan Police.

The inquiry is in response to a call, more than six months after the Brazilian's death, from a rape victim who named Mr de Menezes as her attacker.

Sources close to his family have reacted with fury to the allegations. They accuse the Metropolitan police of deliberately leaking the details of the rape inquiry in an attempt to deflect attention from the investigation into the shooting of Mr de Menezes, who was mistaken for a terrorist by armed officers...

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/crime/ ... 350779.ece

**Is it just me or does the name "Sophie Goodchild" scream pr0n?!

ROFL, I thought you were talking about the damn rape victim, and you're talking about the reporter, LoL...I'm not sure any woman would be in her right mind to feel safe around teh zen, LoL...

PS...Yes, I'll admit the name did reak of pr0n...

Don't get me wrong!, I posted this because I think it's worth at least a read...it's just that, as i'm setting the whole thing up..."Sophie Goodchild" called my attention...
It just sounded wrong, or right, really. Oh yeah!, the article...go on...

seems like a waste of time and effort to convict a dead man...

old school like that.

Sounds like that's not really wjhat they are going for. If the article is accurate, this new development is being "leaked" to the press, according to the families, for the purpose of changing the focus from "oooops, another paranoia-fueled fuck up" to "see?!, we got us a rapist, good riddens!".

no, what it seems like is they were keeping hush about it, and had to ask the family for right to DNA testing and the family were outraged, and that went to the press,.. who asked Scotland Yard, who finally last night admitted "yes, there are ongoing investigations."

this is certainly not a public release statement or allegations, or there would be a direct quote from some CPS, or Scotland Yard, or SOMEONE.

Maybe they're just pissy over the whole "shoot him if he's brown" incident.

i am not saying that the man's family is wrong to be upset. he got shot, and the details are fuzzy. I admit that.

and yeah, it was a bad call. and the officers will be investigated.

but I find it EXTREMELY HARD to believe they would really leak this... because it displays even less competence.