Police force’s trial to begin today
From Times Wire Reports
London’s police force goes on trial today, accused of breaking health and safety laws in the killing of Brazilian Jean Charles de Menezes, 27, who was gunned down two years ago aboard an underground train, a day after a foiled attack on the city’s transport system.
Prosecutors brought the rare corporate case against the Metropolitan Police Service after deciding last year there was insufficient evidence to charge individual officers.
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