The Associated Press
LONDON- British authorities have ruled out charges over the alleged leaking of documents from an official inquiry into the fatal police shooting of an innocent Brazilian, officials said Friday.
Leicestershire Police had arrested a former secretary at the Independent Police Complaints Commission and two others during their investigation into the alleged leak.
ITV News reported details that appeared to contradict official reports about the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes at a London subway station last year.
The documents obtained by ITV News appeared to suggest that de Menezes had done little to arouse suspicion before he was shot, other than to exit an apartment that had been under surveillance.
They also suggested that, rather than vaulting a ticket barrier and running down an escalator to escape police, as officers reported, he had walked into the station at a normal pace.
The revelations led to claims of a police cover-up and the de Menezes family demanded the resignation of Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair.
Leicestershire Police investigated the alleged leak at the request of the Metropolitan Police.
In a statement Friday, Leicestershire Police said that in consultation with the Crown Prosecution Service, it had decided that no further action would be taken against the three arrested people.
The former IPCC employee, a 43-year-old woman, was arrested on Sept. 21 and a 30-year-old man and a 29-year-old woman were arrested in October. All were released.
The Metropolitan Police have admitted that de Menezes, a 27-year-old electrician, was shot in the head by officers who had mistaken him for a terrorist. The killing at the Stockwell Underground station on July 22 came a day after four men had attempted to bomb the capital’s transport system.
The IPCC recently completed its investigation into the killing of de Menezes, which could lead to the prosecution of police officers. Its findings have not been released yet.
A second commission inquiry into a complaint by the Brazilian’s family, including a complaint about the conduct of the police chief, has also yet to be published.