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Attorney general rules against Dr David Kelly inquest
BBC REPORT
The attorney general has rejected calls for an inquest into the death in 2003 of government scientist Dr David Kelly.
Dominic Grieve said the evidence Dr Kelly killed himself was “overwhelming” and rejected claims of a “cover-up”.
Dr Kelly was found dead after he was exposed as the source of a BBC story which led to a row with the then Labour government over Iraq intelligence.
But a group of doctors say the subsequent Hutton inquiry ruling that he committed suicide was “unsafe”.
Campaigners’ questions
Why no fingerprints were found on the knife apparently used to slit Dr Kelly’s wrist
How he obtained a packet of coproxamol painkillers
Why his blood and stomach contained only a non-toxic dose of the drug
Why he was not spotted by a police helicopter with thermal imaging cameras which flew over the wood where his body was later found
Whether he intended to kill himself