The family of Jean Charles de Menezes, the innocent Brazilian shot dead by anti-terrorist officers on the Tube, arrived in London this morning ahead of meetings with the team investigating the shooting.

Mr De Menezes's parents, Matuzinhos and Maria, flew into Heathrow from Rio with the family of his brother, Giovani Da Silva.

During the visit, which is being paid for by the Metropolitan Police, the de Menezes family will go to Stockwell Tube station tomorrow, the scene of the shooting, before meeting members of the Independent Police Complaints Commission on Thursday.

The family may also meet Sir Ian Blair, the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, who has already offered his personal apology over the blunder.

Senhora de Menezes told reporters at Heathrow today: "We are searching for justice." Through an interpreter, she added: "I want the police to be punished."

The family has called for the resignation of senior police officers, including Sir Ian, over the death of Jean Charles, who was shot seven times in the head on July 22 after he was mistaken by surveillance officers for a suicide bomber.

Their anger increased last month when leaked information from the IPCC investigation suggested that the police committed a series of catastrophic mistakes in the moments leading up to the killing. A 43-year-old woman was arrested for supplying the leak last week.

The IPCC has promised that the de Menezes family will be the first to see much of the evidence it has uncovered about the shooting in their meeting on Thursday. But Nick Hardwick, chairman of the IPCC, has said there will be some material that cannot be disclosed for reasons of national security.

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