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Jul 19

DAVID KELLY’S DENTAL RECORDS WERE STOLEN

by Steve

Story ImageA former pathologist demanded an inquiry into Dr David Kelly’s death

By James Murray

A FORMER pathologist today ­demands a full inquest into the death of nuclear weapons expert Dr David Kelly as the Sunday Express discloses fresh details of the mysterious theft of his dental records.

As the family of Dr Kelly privately marked the seventh anniversary of his death yesterday, Dr Peter Fletcher urged Prime Minister David Cameron to order an inquest because the circumstances surrounding this tragic episode “stink”.

Lord Hutton has controversially ruled that 59-year-old whistleblower Dr Kelly killed himself by cutting the small ulnar artery on his left wrist when under severe pressure over the leaking of information to BBC journalist Andrew Gilligan about Iraq’s ability to use weapons of mass destruction.

His body was found during a huge police search in woodland at ­Harrowdown Hill a few miles from his home in Southmoor, Oxfordshire, on July 18, 2003.

The Prime Minister must order an inquest as the circumstances of this tragic episode stink

Former pathologist Dr Peter Fletcher

Speaking exclusively to the Sunday ­Express, Dr Fletcher, a highly ­respected retired pathologist and former chief scientific officer at the Department of Health, said: ‘‘From all the considerable reports I have read, Dr Kelly did not lose enough blood to cause his death.

“He would have had to lose three to four pints of blood but all the known evidence shows there was only a small amount at the scene. I don’t believe a coroner would determine he died of haemorrhage based on the ­evidence.”

Although an inquest was opened and a coroner assigned, it was decided that Lord Hutton himself would have the power to determine cause of death and that his public inquiry would ­effectively act as an inquest.

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