European judges have backed the decision by British prosecutors NOT to charge police officers over the fatal shooting of a man at a London underground station in 2005.

Jean Charles de Menezes - originally from Brazil - was wrongly identified as a suicide bomber a fortnight after the July 7th terror attacks in London.

Left to right: Interpreter Adnes Nunes, Patricia da Silva Armani, the cousin of Brazilian national Jean Charles de Menezes, and Justice 4 Jean campaigner Asad Rehman during a press conference held at the Oval House Theatre after the conclusion of the inquest into Mr de Menezes's death.

The British government says while the facts of the case are tragic, the decision handed down in Strasbourg today is the right one.

Crime correspondent Martin Brunt says the family's calls for officers to be charge were dismissed due to a lack of evidence: