I find it most intriguing that the Scotsman reports $1m dollars and the daily mail reports £15,000 -  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=359901&in_page_id=1770&in_a_source=&ct=5 - it is not an exchange rate I would expect at the post office!!

Also intriguing is this from the Mail story

In an interview which flatly contradicts Scotland Yard's version of events, Jean Charles de Menezes' family told The Mail on Sunday how:

They were only summoned to the August 1 meeting with Deputy Assistant Commissioner John Yates the night before it took place - and despite pleading for more time so their lawyer could be present, were told it could not be delayed.

Mr Yates refused to answer any of their questions about how Jean Charles died --even though by this stage, ten days after the shooting, the Yard knew that initial reports that he had run from police were wrong.

The still heavily-sedated parents, who only speak Portuguese, were then handed a of which they have passed to The Mail on Sunday, offering them speedy payment of £15,000 'by way of compensation to you for the death of your son'.

When the family's London-based lawyers protested to the Met that they had been excluded from the meeting in Gonzaga, Brazil, they were wrongly told that they acted only 'for cousins in England and not the next of kin'.

Do we believe the family or the police?? Taking into account everything that has happened to date I feel the family are the trusted source of the 2.

I distinctly remember the cousin saying that Jean Charles spoke perfect English, would not have ran from police and that he wanted to see the CCTV footage from the station to prove he didn't jump the barrier.

It seems only one party has been telling the truth from the outset.