July 21, 2005<\/strong><\/p>\nAttempted suicide bomb attacks on London, two weeks after July 7 attacks<\/p>\n
July 22, 2005<\/strong><\/p>\n10:06<\/strong> De Menezes shot by police marksmen at Stockwell Underground station<\/p>\n10:10<\/strong> His wallet, containing his identity card, and his mobile phone recovered<\/p>\n10:30<\/strong> Sir Ian Blair, the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), says he was told by Assistant Commisioner Andy Hayman that a man was shot<\/p>\n10:46<\/strong> First MPS press release says that a man has been shot at Stockwell Underground<\/p>\n11:41<\/strong> Second MPS press release issued, saying that a man was challenged by officers and subsequently shot<\/p>\n13:55<\/strong> First meeting between Hayman and Blair. Hayman says no information available on identity of dead man<\/p>\n14:00<\/strong> Photographs and numbers from Jean Charles de Menezes\u2019s mobile phone at New Scotland Yard<\/p>\n14:50<\/strong> Mr de Menezes’s identity card, showing his Brazilian nationality, is in the office at New Scotland Yard<\/p>\n15:10 <\/strong>Two secretaries in Sir Ian Blair’s front office are aware of the id card<\/p>\n15:30<\/strong> Brian Paddick, Deputy Assistant Commissioner, is told: \u201cWe\u2019ve shot a Brazilian tourist\u201d<\/p>\n15:30<\/strong> Sir Ian Blair tells press conference that shooting is “directly linked” to the investigation into the previous day’s failed suicide bombings<\/p>\n16:30<\/strong> Hayman is first told that the shot man is not thought to be one of the four men being hunted after the previous day’s attempted bombings<\/p>\nAfter 16:30<\/strong> Hayman tells journalists at a briefing of specialist crime reporters that the dead man was thought not to be one of four \u2014 he disputes this, saying he would not have speculated<\/p>\n17:00<\/strong> Detective Inspector Howarth at Marylebone Police Station, who had no involvement in the investigation, was told that there had been a massive \u2018cock up\u2019 at Stockwell and a Brazilian tourist had been shot<\/p>\n17:07 <\/strong>BBC start quoting the police as saying the man was not one of the four bombers<\/p>\n17.00 or 18.00<\/strong> (approx) <\/strong>Blair and Hayman and others discuss the Met’s third press release to be issued. Hayman fails to tell his boss what he has just suggested to the journalists. Blair takes personal role in preparing the release<\/p>\n18:44<\/strong> Third press release issued, saying that it is not clear if the man was one of the four bombers. Release adds that the dead man’s clothing and behaviour of the man added to police suspicion, and that he emerged from a house that was under investigation linked to yesterday\u2019s attempted bombings<\/p>\n21:45<\/strong> Anti-terrorism branch formally hands over the investigation to police, after being satisfied no link to the attempted bombings<\/p>\n23:05<\/strong> MPS fourth press release issued, saying that officers confronted a 27-year-old who was subsequently shot<\/p>\n23:37<\/strong> MPS fifth press release issued. It says that dead man was challenged by officers, and that it is not yet clear whether he was one of the four bombers, although his clothing and behaviour added to police suspicion, and he emerged from a house that was under investigation linked to yesterday\u2019s attempted bombings<\/p>\nJuly 23, 2005<\/strong><\/p>\n10:15<\/strong> Blair officially told identity of dead man in meeting. No longer takes role in preparing press releases<\/p>\n16:52<\/strong> MPS sixth press release issued. It says police “think” they know identity of the dead man, and are satisfied that there is no connection with attempted bombings, although his clothing and behaviour added to police suspicion<\/p>\n21:28<\/strong> MPS ninth press release names Jean Charles de Menezes<\/p>\nAugust 19, 2005<\/strong><\/p>\nSir Ian Blair says in interview in the News of the World that for 24 hours, everyone who advised him and he himself believed it a suicide bomber or suspected bomber.<\/p>\n
August 20, 2005<\/strong><\/p>\nBrian Paddick queries the truth of Sir Ian’s interview<\/p>\n
November 9, 2005<\/strong><\/p>\nSir Ian Blair says in interview in the Guardian: \u201cI\u2019m quite clear that by 7.30 at night we still had nothing that was identifying him otherwise we wouldn\u2019t have been putting out the message that we were putting out.\u201d<\/p>\n