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03/11/2006
Three charged after Kent police shooting
Three men arrested during an incident at a building society in Kent where police shot a man dead have been charged.
Robert Haines, 41, from Challock, near Ashford, was shot and injured during the incident at a building society in New Romney on Wednesday evening. He was taken by ambulance to the William Harvey Hospital in Ashford, Kent, where he later died.
David Jenkins, 60, from Ashford, Dean Jenkins, 39, from Rainham, and Ben Greham, 21, from Upper Norwood, south-east London have been charged with robbery and possessing a firearm. They are due to appear before magistrates.
The incident has been referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission for investigation, as is normal procedure.
On Thursday, it emerged that a firearms officer involved in the shooting of Brazilian Jean Charles de Menezes had shot Mr Haines.
Mr Menezes was shot dead at Stockwell Tube Station last July after being mistaken for a potential suicide bomber.
(KMcA)
Robert Haines, 41, from Challock, near Ashford, was shot and injured during the incident at a building society in New Romney on Wednesday evening. He was taken by ambulance to the William Harvey Hospital in Ashford, Kent, where he later died.
David Jenkins, 60, from Ashford, Dean Jenkins, 39, from Rainham, and Ben Greham, 21, from Upper Norwood, south-east London have been charged with robbery and possessing a firearm. They are due to appear before magistrates.
The incident has been referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission for investigation, as is normal procedure.
On Thursday, it emerged that a firearms officer involved in the shooting of Brazilian Jean Charles de Menezes had shot Mr Haines.
Mr Menezes was shot dead at Stockwell Tube Station last July after being mistaken for a potential suicide bomber.
(KMcA)
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