Jurors trying the Met Police over events leading to the killing of Jean Charles de Menezes have been told police are "not above the law."
Mr Justice Henriques has told the Old Bailey, a calm and accurate analysis was needed of the evidence.
Mr Menezes, who lived in Herne Hill, was shot at Stockwell Tube station after being mistaken for suicide bomber, Hussain Osman in July 2005.
The Met denies breaking health and safety laws.
Summing up the case, Mr Justice Henriques said: "To suggest that it is wrong to prosecute the police for an alleged offence under the Health and Safety at Work Act is to submit that the police are above the law.
"There is no room here for any verdict based on sympathy either for the Menezes family or for the predicament of any police officer.
"Calm and accurate analysis of the evidence and a verdict based on reason and logic is what is called for."
The jury is due to begin its deliberations tomorrow.
The trial continues.
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