An independent report into the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes has identified 15 areas of failing by Scotland Yard, adding to the pressure on Sir Ian Blair, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner.

The Independent Police Complaints Commission report, to be published on Thursday, will also detail for the first time the eyewitness accounts of the last seconds in the life of the innocent Brazilian wrongly suspected of being a suicide bomber.

Investigators spoke to commuters in the same carriage as Mr de Menezes when armed police jumped him on and shot him. They have also spoken to the officers who carried out the shooting and collected evidence from two senior officers.

The source added: “The report is not about the commissioner, it is about events between 5am and 10.06am on that morning.”

Factfile: revelations from the de Menezes trial

Information about the police killing of Jean Charles de Menezes, on July 22, 2005, that has emerged during the trial

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• Pictures: Jean Charles de Menezes

BACKGROUND

• Ian Blair survives no confidence vote

• Timeline: how de Menezes identity emerged

• Come quietly, Sir Ian – you’re banged to rights

• ‘It is my task to ensure that lessons are learnt’

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Sir Ian has refused to resign after an Old Bailey jury found his force guilty last week of catastrophic breaches in health and safety legislation that led to the death of Mr de Menezes in July 2005.

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