The report of a public inquiry into the death of an unarmed man shot by police will be published today.
Anthony Grainger, originally from Salford, was fatally shot by a Greater Manchester Police firearms officer in Cheshire on March 3, 2012.
He died from a single bullet fired through the windscreen of a stolen Audi in Culcheth, Cheshire.
A public inquiry was then held into his death at Liverpool Crown Court in 2017 - and its report is due to be published today.
During the 2017 inquiry, the court heard 15 weeks of evidence - more than two weeks were heard in closed sessions.
The officer who fired the fatal shot, referred to in court as Q9, gave evidence from behind a screen.
During his evidence he said he believed Mr Grainger had reached down as if to grab a firearm.
But the inquiry heard no firearms were found on Mr Grainger, or in the car.
The pre-planned police operation was part of investigation Operation Shire, which was concerned with the activity of Mr Grainger and
other individuals who were suspected of conspiring to commit armed robberies.
An investigation by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) found the operation relied on "out of date" intelligence in
relation to Mr Grainger.
Briefings to officers contained "inaccurate information".
Following his evidence to the public inquiry, former assistant chief constable Steven Heywood was investigated by the police watchdog
now known as the Independent Office of Police Conduct (IOPC).
The IOPC looked at the evidence he gave, particularly in relation to the way he recorded information in his police logbook, and referred
him to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS). However a decision was made by the CPS not to charge him.
David Totton, Robert Rimmer and Joseph Travers, all from Manchester, were arrested after Mr Grainger's death.
They were later found not guilty of conspiracy to rob following a trial at Manchester Crown Court in September 2012.
Chairman of the inquiry Judge Thomas Teague QC is due to announce the publication of the report during a short hearing at Liverpool Crown Court at midday today.
