BBC
source[ 21/2/08
Azelle Rodney was killed by armed police on 30 April 2005 - three months before Jean Charles de Menezes died.
The case was referred to the Crown Prosecution Service but, unlike the Menezes case, no charges were brought against the Metropolitan Police.
But a coroner has said he cannot hold a lawful inquest because of secret evidence which cannot be made public.
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In August coroner Andrew Walker, sitting at Hornsey in north London, announced he could not proceed with a full inquest into Mr Rodney's death because of a large number of redactions - passages crossed out - in police officers' statements.
The redactions were made under the 2000 Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (Ripa), which covers information obtained from covert surveillance devices such as telephone tapping or bugs, said the solicitor for Azelle Rodney's family, Daniel Machover.
Mr Machover said he had written to the Home Office and Ministry of Justice asking them to change the law so the coroner can proceed with the inquest.
He said he had warned them if they refused to legislate he would take the matter to the High Court and seek to obtain a declaration of incompatibility to show Ripa was in breach of the Human Rights Act.
... Fascist New Labour change the law to get away with murder. ]
