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Deepcut: something stinks
BillieTheBot
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So yet again a review into events at Deepcut army barracks fails to both answer any questions about the extremely dodgy deaths of 4 recruits, and to recommend a full public enquiry into it. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4856148.stm
Someone is having a laugh here:
I mean ffs... :rolleyes:
Someone is having a laugh here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4058379.stmSean Benton
Sean Benton, 20, from Hastings in East Sussex, was found dead with five gunshot wounds in June 1995, while on guard at a perimeter fence.
In 2003 independent ballistics expert Frank Swann, who investigated the deaths initially for the police and later the families, said it was impossible for Mr Benton to have killed himself.
He suggested he had been shot four times from a distance and only once from close range.
Cheryl James
Private Cheryl James, 17, of Llangollen, north Wales, was found dead with a bullet through her forehead in woodland outside the barracks in November 1995.
Ballistics expert Frank Swann said it was "highly unlikely" Miss James shot herself.
He believes she was probably trying to push the gun barrel away from her face when she was shot, accidentally or deliberately.
The family also said it suspected a cover-up, after the bullet, removed during a post-mortem and which would have been a vital piece of evidence, went missing.
Geoff Gray
Private Geoff Gray, 17, from Seaham, County Durham, was found dead with two gunshot wounds to his head while on guard duty in September 2001.
Various aspects of his death have proved mysterious, including reports that a figure was seen running away from the area, and suggestions that his body was moved shortly after his death.
Ballistics expert Frank Swann said it was "highly unlikely" Mr Gray killed himself.
James Collinson
In March 2002 James Collinson, 17, from Perth, was found with a single gunshot wound through his chin while on guard duty.
Ballistics expert Frank Swann said it was "unlikely" bullet wounds to the underside of Mr Collinson's chin and head were self-inflicted, but it was possible they were the result of an accident.
I mean ffs... :rolleyes:
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Heaven forbid we have young men and women in this country thinking there might be horrific bullying and abuses in the Armed Forces they were thinking of joining
The best I think anybody can realistically hope for is that things have improved and similar incidents are not repeated. I’d guess you’re right in that internally the army has probably to an extent sorted itself out, I hope that is the case. Given that the MoD obviously doesn’t want the public to know what happened at Deepcut there won’t be a public enquiry and the government is hardly going to do anything against the MoD’s wishes. Unfortunately I don’t think the families will ever know the truth.
Aye, its what they train for.
Yeah, for fucks sake. The Army... come here, bully the newbies and get away with it, even if you kill them!
After all... nothing to see... suicide guv... these are honest men who defend us in their job every day in Iraq! Trustworthy folks!