Family outraged at delayed reports

Relatives of Jean Charles de Menezes said they had been told the watchdog Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC), may not now report until the end of the year.

They also criticised the failure of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) to decide whether any of the officers who fired the fatal shots at Stockwell Underground station in south London will be charged.

A pre-inquest hearing into the 27-year-old electrician's death was due to take place in south London later Friday.

"The family will be expressing their frustration that the inquest proceedings cannot commence further as a result of continuing delays by the CPS in reaching a conclusion to their decision into possible prosecutions for those officers involved in the shooting," they said in a statement.

"The family is increasingly angry at the ever slowing pace of the CPS in coming to a decision and expects to ask the coroner to put pressure on the CPS for a speedy conclusion."

Two separate IPCC inquiries were launched after the fatal shooting -- "Stockwell 1" into events leading up to and including the shooting itself, and "Stockwell 2", which is reviewing the police's handling of the aftermath.

The second inquiry is looking in particular into comments made by Metropolitan Police chief Sir Ian Blair that the July 22 shooting was linked to the alleged attacks on London's public transport network a day earlier.