more on Mark Whitby: is he a rent-an-eyewitness?
brian | 19.08.2005 06:30
But one of the few people in the same carriage as Mr de Menezes said there were still unanswered questions about what happened last month.
Mark Whitby, 47, a plumber from Brixton, was sitting on the opposite side of the carriage, five yards down.
“I was reading my paper when I heard shouting. There were three people pushing and shoving and shouting, ‘Get down, get out’. I didn’t hear ‘freeze’ or ‘get your hands up’ or even ‘police’.
“They were wearing scruffy street wear. There was nothing to identify them as police. One of them had a black handgun and I saw them bundle a fourth man to the floor. He was wearing a grey baseball cap and thick jacket and I saw the gun pointing at the ground.
“I have thought long and hard about it and I now believe that I could have been looking at the surveillance officer. I certainly didn’t see a denim jacket.”
Mr Whitby, who has given a statement to the Independent Police Complaints Commission, also revealed that he heard two separate bursts of gunfire.
“I was inside the carriage when the first five shots went off and then I heard another three as I was running up the stairs. I thought, ‘there’s a gun battle going on’.”
http://www.examiner.ie/pport/web/world/Full_Story/did-sgTFiP99YqGzEsgDQQ5wn3uAIg.asp
'"He kind of tripped and fell and three plain-clothed policemen fell on top of him," said Mr Whitby, a 47-year-old surveyor from Brixton. '
http://icsouthlondon.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0400lambeth/tm_objectid=15781295&method=full&siteid=50100&headline=did-jean-run-because-of-brutality-fear--name_page.html
And now he claims 8 shots...is this guy for real? or a Rent-an-eyewitness?
Mark Whitby, 47, a plumber from Brixton, was sitting on the opposite side of the carriage, five yards down.
“I was reading my paper when I heard shouting. There were three people pushing and shoving and shouting, ‘Get down, get out’. I didn’t hear ‘freeze’ or ‘get your hands up’ or even ‘police’.
“They were wearing scruffy street wear. There was nothing to identify them as police. One of them had a black handgun and I saw them bundle a fourth man to the floor. He was wearing a grey baseball cap and thick jacket and I saw the gun pointing at the ground.
“I have thought long and hard about it and I now believe that I could have been looking at the surveillance officer. I certainly didn’t see a denim jacket.”
Mr Whitby, who has given a statement to the Independent Police Complaints Commission, also revealed that he heard two separate bursts of gunfire.
“I was inside the carriage when the first five shots went off and then I heard another three as I was running up the stairs. I thought, ‘there’s a gun battle going on’.”
http://www.examiner.ie/pport/web/world/Full_Story/did-sgTFiP99YqGzEsgDQQ5wn3uAIg.asp '"He kind of tripped and fell and three plain-clothed policemen fell on top of him," said Mr Whitby, a 47-year-old surveyor from Brixton. '
http://icsouthlondon.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0400lambeth/tm_objectid=15781295&method=full&siteid=50100&headline=did-jean-run-because-of-brutality-fear--name_page.html And now he claims 8 shots...is this guy for real? or a Rent-an-eyewitness?
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