Britain: Attorney General Rules Against Dr. David Kelly Inquest
June 9th, 2011Drug Expert Claims David Kelly Was Murdered
Secret Knife Evidence Points to Murder
Via: BBC:
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”.
Dr Kelly’s body was found in woods near his home in Oxfordshire, after he was exposed as the source of a controversial BBC report casting doubt on the government’s claim that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction capable of being fired within 45 minutes.
An inquest was opened but was then suspended – when the Hutton Inquiry was set up to look into the circumstances of his death.
A group of doctors have mounted a long-running campaign for the inquest to be re-opened, claiming the evidence did not point to suicide.
But Mr Grieve said his department had thoroughly investigated their complaints and could not find any legal basis for referring the case to the High Court, which has the legal authority to order an inquest.
