SECRET David Kelly Report Released

Kelly death due to 'self-inflicted injury,' says report
Dr Kelly was the source of a BBC report casting doubt on government claims about Iraq's weapons Previously secret evidence about the death of Iraq weapons expert Dr David Kelly has suggested that he died as a result of a "self-inflicted injury".

The post-mortem report into his 2003 death, published on Friday, said the main cause was bleeding from a wound to his wrist "entirely consistent with being inflicted with a bladed weapon".

The wound was "typical of a self-inflicted injury", it added.

Lord Hutton's 2004 inquiry found the scientist had committed suicide.

But a group of doctors have called for the case to be reopened, arguing that the suicide verdict was unsafe.

Dr Kelly's body was found in woods close to his Oxfordshire home in 2003, after it was revealed he had provided the information for a BBC News story casting doubt on the government's claim that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction capable of being fired within 45 minutes.

That claim was a key part of the government's justification for launching the war in Iraq.

'No secrecy'

Instead of a coroner's inquest, then Prime Minister Tony Blair asked Lord Hutton to conduct an investigation, which found Dr Kelly had died from blood loss after slashing his wrist with a knife.

Lord Hutton declared that the medical evidence which led him to that verdict should be kept secret for the sake of the scientist's family.

Details of the post-mortem examination and toxicology tests had been classified for 70 years but the Ministry of Justice said it was now publishing the details "in the interests of maintaining public confidence in the inquiry".

In the post-mortem, Dr Nicholas Hunt said there was "no evidence" that "natural disease" had caused Dr Kelly's death and identified a "significant" wound to his left wrist which resulted in a "the loss of a significant volume of blood as noted at the scene".

"The complex of incised wounds over the left wrist are entirely consistent with having been inflicted with a bladed weapon," he concluded.

As to the nature of the wound, he added that its "orientation and arrangement...are typical of self-inflicted injury".

Responding to the post-mortem's release, Lord Hutton denied that it had been concealed.

"There was no secrecy surrounding the post-mortem report because it had always been available for examination and questioning by counsel representing the interested parties during the inquiry," he said in a statement.

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So, they are sticking to their story that David Kelly had injuries that were consistant with suicide BUT they are refusing to release the full report for another 70 years... LOL riiiiiiiiight... I have a friend in the medical field and they have stated that in order for someone to kill themselves by cutting their wrists, you would either have to hold the wound under water or nearly cut your hand off.. Still alot of questions.

They have said that normally they would hold the files for 70 years, but in the publics best interests are actually releasing them. It doesn't say they are withholding them.

You don't have to cut your hand off at all, If you are there long enough, which he was, it would bleed through and it is surprisingly easy to cut your wrist bad enough to put yourself in danger, enough danger to need immediate medical attention and if you genuinely are trying to commit suicide, you are going to cut yourself properly.

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