divimg alt="" src="http://hits.guardian.co.uk/b/ss/guardiangu-feeds/1/H.15.1/6428?ns=guardianpageName=UK+news%3A+De+Menezes+jurors+told+to+ignore+family+protestsch=UK+newsc3=guardian.co.ukc4=Jean+Charles+de+Menezes%2CUK+news%2CLondon+%28News%29c5=Not+commercially+usefulc6=Sandra+Laville%2CPeter+Walkerc7=2008_12_05c8=1129460c9=articlec10=GUc11=UK+newsc12=Jean+Charles+de+Menezesc13=c14=h2=GU%2FUK+news%2FJean+Charles+de+Menezes" width="1" height="1" //divpThe coroner leading the inquest into the death of Jean Charles de Menezes today instructed jurors to ignore a protest by relatives of the dead man against the decision to forbid a verdict of unlawful killing./ppShortly before the jurors were sent out to consider their verdict yesterday, four of De Menezes's relatives stood up to reveal T-shirts displaying the message: "Your legal right to decide – unlawful killing verdict."/ppThe slogan was in response to the announcement this week by the coroner, Sir Michael Wright, that he would not allow the jury to consider unlawful killing as one possible verdict./ppAs a second day of deliberations began, Wright told the 11 jurors they must not allow their considerations to be influenced by anything other than the evidence. "What was displayed was wrong and you should ignore it."/ppWright had told the jury that unlawful killing was tantamount to accusing an individual or individuals of murder or manslaughter and was not a verdict that would be available to them./ppHe said it was not available should they consider that the death occurred as a result of a series of decisions and mistaken beliefs on the part of the Metropolitan police as an organisation. He left the jury with two verdicts to consider: lawful killing and an open verdict. /ppWright told the jurors just as they sat down yesterday that lawyers for the De Menezes family would no longer be present at the hearing. "You will notice Mr Mansfield and Miss Hill and their instructing solicitors are no longer in their places," the coroner said. /pp"The evidence and legal submissions are now all over and we have all had their assistance throughout these very important stages. But I understand that from this point they will no longer be here. There's absolutely no difficulty about that. No disrespect is meant by it to anyone."/ppSeconds later Vivian Menezes Figueiredo, Alessandro Pereira, Patricia da Silva Armani and Erionaldo da Silva stood up and removed their coats to unveil their T-shirts. They walked slowly and in silence from their seats at the back of the courtroom towards the jury. Standing in line, they waited 30 seconds in full view of the jury before filing out of the court. /ppThere was no response from the jury or coroner, who quickly resumed his summing up of the evidence to the jury./ppHe spoke of the differing accounts from police and the public over whether police had warned De Menezes before he was shot./ppWright said C12, the specialist firearms officer who fired the first fatal shot, had given evidence that he had shouted "armed police"./pp"C12 asserts positively that he did. C2 [the second firearms officer] does not claim to have shouted anything, neither did he hear anyone else./pp"C5 remembers hearing more than one shout of 'armed police'./pp"No other civilian in the carriage hears C12 shouting anything."/ppIn his legal ruling to the jury, the coroner said they must dismiss unlawful killing as an option and consider first a verdict of lawful killing. To find that De Menezes was lawfully killed the answer to two questions had to be yes: was there an honest belief, albeit mistaken, that he represented an immediate mortal danger and threat; and was the force used no more than was reasonable in the circumstances./ppWright said that if the answer to these questions was no they should record an open verdict. /ppThe jury retired yesterday at 2.39pm to consider its verdict./ppThe inquest comes after two inquiries by the Independent Police Complaints Commission and a criminal trial at which the Met was found guilty of breaching health and safety laws. /ppDe Menezes was killed with seven shots to the head and one to the shoulder by police who mistook him for the terrorist Hussain Osman./pdiv style="float: left; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"ullia href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/menezes"Jean Charles de Menezes/a/lilia href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/london"London/a/li/ul/diva href="http://www.guardian.co.uk"guardian.co.uk/a copy; Guardian News Media Limited 2008 | Use of this content is subject to our a href="http://users.guardian.co.uk/help/article/0,,933909,00.html"Terms Conditions/a | a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/webfeeds/1,,1309488,00.html"More Feeds/a pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/G6sUtjeUMduWSfchDqa5vpjqnbw/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/G6sUtjeUMduWSfchDqa5vpjqnbw/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/p

divimg alt="" src="http://hits.guardian.co.uk/b/ss/guardiangu-feeds/1/H.15.1/96766?ns=guardianpageName=UK+news%3A+De+Menezes+family+mounts+silent+protest+in+front+of+inquest+jurych=UK+newsc3=The+Guardianc4=Jean+Charles+de+Menezes%2CLondon+%28News%29%2CUK+newsc5=Not+commercially+usefulc6=Sandra+Lavillec7=2008_12_05c8=1129138c9=articlec10=GUc11=UK+newsc12=Jean+Charles+de+Menezesc13=c14=h2=GU%2FUK+news%2FJean+Charles+de+Menezes" width="1" height="1" //divpRelatives of Jean Charles de Menezes stood before his inquest jury in protest yesterday wearing T-shirts saying: "Unlawful killing, your legal right to decide."/ppOn the day the jury were sent out to consider their verdict after 35 days of evidence about the fatal shooting of De Menezes by police, the dead man's cousins withdrew from the hearing./ppEarlier this week the coroner, Sir Michael Wright, told the jury he was not going to allow them to consider unlawful killing as one of their verdict options. He said unlawful killing was tantamount to accusing an individual or individuals of murder or manslaughter and was not a verdict that would be available to them./ppHe also said it was not available should they consider that the death occurred as a result of a series of decisions and mistaken beliefs on the part of the Metropolitan police as an organisation. He left the jury with two verdicts to consider: lawful killing and an open verdict. /ppWright told the jurors just as they sat down yesterday that lawyers for the De Menezes family would no longer be present at the hearing. "You will notice Mr Mansfield and Miss Hill and their instructing solicitors are no longer in their places," Wright said. /pp"The evidence and legal submissions are now all over and we have all had their assistance throughout these very important stages. But I understand that from this point they will no longer be here. There's absolutely no difficulty about that. No disrespect is meant by it to anyone."/ppSeconds later Vivian Menezes Figueiredo, Alessandro Pereira, Patricia da Silva Armani and Erionaldo da Silva stood up and removed their coats to unveil their T-shirts. They walked slowly and in silence from their seats at the back of the courtroom towards the jury. Standing in line, they waited 30 seconds in full view of the jury before filing out of the court. /ppThere was no response from the jury or coroner, who quickly resumed his summing up of the evidence to the jury./ppHe spoke of the differing accounts from police officers and members of the public over whether police had warned De Menezes before he was shot./ppWright said C12, the specialist firearms officer who fired the first fatal shot, had given evidence that he had shouted "armed police"./pp"C12 asserts positively that he did. C2 [the second firearms officer] does not claim to have shouted anything, neither did he hear anyone else./pp"C5 remembers hearing more than one shout of 'armed police'./pp"No other civilian in the carriage hears C12 shouting anything."/ppIn his legal ruling to the jury, the coroner said they must dismiss unlawful killing as an option and consider first a verdict of lawful killing. To find that De Menezes was lawfully killed the answer to two questions had to be yes. /ppWas there an honest belief, albeit mistaken, that he represented an immediate mortal danger and threat?/ppWas the force used no more than was reasonable in the circumstances?/ppWright said that if the answer to these questions was no they should record an open verdict. /ppThe jury retired yesterday at 2.39pm to consider their verdict. The inquest comes after two inquiries by the Independent Police Complaints Commission and a criminal trial at which the Met was found guilty of breaching health and safety laws in regard to the Brazilian's death. /ppDe Menezes was killed with seven shots to the head and one to the shoulder by police who mistook him for the terrorist suspect Hussain Osman./pdiv style="float: left; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"ullia href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/menezes"Jean Charles de Menezes/a/lilia href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/london"London/a/li/ul/diva href="http://www.guardian.co.uk"guardian.co.uk/a copy; Guardian News Media Limited 2008 | Use of this content is subject to our a href="http://users.guardian.co.uk/help/article/0,,933909,00.html"Terms Conditions/a | a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/webfeeds/1,,1309488,00.html"More Feeds/a pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/8lzyZ_qWDh6jC5YE18YonyVLtdE/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/8lzyZ_qWDh6jC5YE18YonyVLtdE/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/p

  Ciao - Trailer
A man dies very unexpectedly and leaves behind two men: Jeff, his best friend and Andrea, an Italian he’s been corresponding with online. Jeff informs Andrea of Mark’s passing; Andrea writes back to express his shock and sympathies. On a whim, they continue their correspondence and a rapport grows between them. They eventually meet, where they extend their e-mail exchanges into more personal and intimate conversations. They talk about their respective countries, their jobs, their families, their lives. Mostly, they talk about Mark. What began as a tragedy that linked two strangers from different ends of the world becomes a deeply realized friendship that may change their lives forever.
Directed by: Yen Tan
Starring: Adam Neal Smith, Alessandro Calza, Charles W. Blaum, Ethel Lung, John S. Boles