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UK: IPCC chief to face MPs ove
The head of the police complaints watchdog is to give evidence in the Commons over the policing of the G20 protests in London.
Nick Hardwick, head of the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) will attend the Commons Home Affairs Select Committee on Tuesday.
Three cases, including the death of a man, have been referred to the body.
Mr Hardwick has questioned in the Observer why some officers apparently removed identity numbers from uniforms.
He also said police were "servants" not "masters".
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Menezes police legal bid rejec
The Attorney General has rejected a request not to prosecute police over the death of Jean Charles de Menezes, it was announced.
Lord Goldsmith's office has written to the Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA) to say that the Crown Prosecution Service will continue with the matter. The MPA had written to the Government's senior law officer asking him to reconsider the prosecution.
Mr de Menezes, 27, was shot seven times in the head by anti-terror officers on July 22 last year after being mistaken for a suicide bomber.
The CPS announced in July that no individual officers would be charged over his death but the Metropolitan Police would face a prosecution under health and safety laws, as an organisation.
Met Commissioner Sir Ian Blair later said this could have "very significant" implications and mark a "fundamental turning point" for British policing.
The MPA wrote to Lord Goldsmith asking whether there was a "better, less adversarial alternative" to learn lessons from the shooting. It also expressed concern that the prosecution would delay publication of the Independent Police Complaints Commission report into it.
In the letter dated August 4, MPA deputy chairman Reshard Auladin said the authority had "grave concerns" about the CPS decision. He wrote: "We are not convinced that the intended prosecution is the best way to give a transparent and comprehensive accounts of events in July last year."
On Thursday the MPA issued a statement saying it has received a reply to its letter. "The response confirms that the CPS has reviewed the matter and decided to continue the prosecution, and that the Attorney General accepts this view. The Authority will discuss this decision in due course," it said.
A spokesman for the Attorney General's office confirmed: "We have written explaining why we will go ahead."
Representatives of the Met appeared in court for the first time over the shooting of Mr de Menezes on August 14.
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