IPCC - Stockwell two

Caroline Murdoch, the Commissioner’s Chief of Staff and Chief Superintendent(Ch/Supt.) Moir Stewart, the Commissioner’s Staff Officer, say they were toldby D/Supt. Kavanagh about the contents of the wallet. They did not pass thisinformation on to the Commissioner.Just before 15:30hrs Deputy Assistant Commissioner (DAC) Brian Paddick wasin the Commissioner’s outer office in conversation with Ch/Supt. Stewart. Heclaims Ch/Supt. Stewart told him, “we’ve shot a Brazilian tourist”. He recalledMs Murdoch supported the statement with a reference to a driving licencehaving been found on the deceased. Ch/Supt. Stewart rejected the suggestionthat he used this phrase, but acknowledged that he did pass to DAC Paddick,the information given to him by D/Supt. Kavanagh. Ms Murdoch eventually haddoubts that the phrase was used; but they both acknowledge that they knew ofthe possible Brazilian identity at this stage.At 15:39hrs a press conference took place at the Queen Elizabeth II Centre atWestminster. This provided an update into the investigation led by AC Haymanand launched the images of the four men wanted in connection with theprevious day’s attempted bombings. The Commissioner opened the conferenceand made the following reference to the shooting:“The information I have available is that this shooting is directly linked tothe ongoing and expanding anti-terrorist operation. Any death is deeplyregrettable, I understand the man was challenged and refused to obey”.A Government Liaison Team (GLT) was based at NSY. It comprised Home Officeofficials who attended police briefings and meetings to provide relevantinformation to the Home Office. Following his attendance at the 15:30hrs GoldGroup 2 meeting one of the members of the GLT gave the following update to theHome Office:‘the victim had left an address under observation, he had failed to comply withpolice orders, it was believed he had been shot on the underground train. Hisidentity had not yet been established and that there was a strong suspicionthat the victim was not one of the four suspects for the failed bombings but thiswas subject to confirmation. There was also reference to the deceased’s mobiletelephone being examined.’At approximately 16:00hrs a meeting was chaired by AC Brown to considerthe community impact of the shooting. He said that Brazilian documents hadbeen found on the deceased, whom he named, but said that identification hadnot been confirmed. The potential community impact of the deceased beinginnocent was discussed.2 Gold , Silver and Bronze refer to the command structure for any significant incident within thePolice Service and some other agencies. Gold relates to the strategic decision making level.Silver relates to the tactical decision making process and Bronze relates to the implementationof the tactics.6