The jury was told that the core of Mr McDowell's plan – that the surveillance team would be supported at Scotia Road by CO19 officers – was flawed because it would take too long for the firearms units to receive their weapons and briefing in the early hours of 22 July to allow them to arrive in good time.
In a series of tense exchanges with Mr Mansfield, it also emerged Mr McDowell was unaware that 21 Scotia Road was an apartment block rather than a single house, that high-quality photographs of the suicide bomber were available before 5am on 22 July and that some of the Special Branch team in Scotia Road were only shown a photocopied picture of the fugitive at a briefing and not given their own copy.
Putting it to Mr McDowell that these oversights contributed to the Stockwell shooting, Mr Mansfield said: "Do you accept that there were significant lapses of information and knowledge by you which resulted in a strategy being set in stone that was entirely inappropriate?"
Mr McDowell denied the claims put to him, saying his strategy was "fit for purpose".
The inquest continues. -link
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