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DAVID KELLY'S DENTAL RECORDS WERE STOLEN
Sunday July 18,2010
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.
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.
Dr Fletcher said: “With respect, Lord Hutton is not a coroner and there are many areas in the medical evidence which need to be analysed carefully by an actual coroner.
“There are so many unanswered questions that this Government should make it a priority to hold a proper and full inquest with people giving evidence on oath.”
Dr Fletcher said any new inquest should focus on a strange episode at Dr Kelly’s dentist. A woman dentist from the practice called the police into the room after his body was found to say his notes were missing from the filing cabinet.
Thames Valley Police Assistant Chief Constable Michael Page gave basic details of the incident, which were not reported.
Mr Page reported to Lord Hutton: “We carried out a full examination of the surgery and in particular one window which the dentist was concerned may not have been secure.
“We had another call from the dentist to say that the dental records had re-appeared on the Sunday in the place in the filing cabinet where they should have been.”
Speaking from his home in Halstead, Essex, Dr Fletcher said: “This was a very funny episode which any new coroner should go into in great detail.
“Quite clearly his dental records were removed around the time of his death and then put back later. Who took them and why were they taken? The police obviously took this seriously but they did not get to the bottom of what had actually occurred.”
When police chief Mr Page gave his evidence to Lord Hutton he said he still had inquiries to complete and only that he was “reasonably satisfied” that there was no third party involvement or “criminal dimension” to Dr Kelly’s death.
New Attorney General Dominic Grieve recently received a letter from a female colleague of Dr Kelly, Mai Pedersen, a US Air Force officer who served with his UN weapons inspection team in Iraq.
She wrote to Mr Grieve saying that he had difficulty swallowing pills, which puts a huge question mark over claims that he had swallowed 29 painkillers before cutting his left wrist.
She also said that because he had a painful elbow injury he was unable to use his right hand for basic tasks, including cutting steaks, yet somehow he was able to cut his left wrist.
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/187569/David-Kelly-s-dental-records-were-stolen
DAVID KELLY'S DENTAL RECORDS WERE STOLEN
Sunday July 18,2010
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.
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.
Dr Fletcher said: “With respect, Lord Hutton is not a coroner and there are many areas in the medical evidence which need to be analysed carefully by an actual coroner.
“There are so many unanswered questions that this Government should make it a priority to hold a proper and full inquest with people giving evidence on oath.”
Dr Fletcher said any new inquest should focus on a strange episode at Dr Kelly’s dentist. A woman dentist from the practice called the police into the room after his body was found to say his notes were missing from the filing cabinet.
Thames Valley Police Assistant Chief Constable Michael Page gave basic details of the incident, which were not reported.
Mr Page reported to Lord Hutton: “We carried out a full examination of the surgery and in particular one window which the dentist was concerned may not have been secure.
“We had another call from the dentist to say that the dental records had re-appeared on the Sunday in the place in the filing cabinet where they should have been.”
Speaking from his home in Halstead, Essex, Dr Fletcher said: “This was a very funny episode which any new coroner should go into in great detail.
“Quite clearly his dental records were removed around the time of his death and then put back later. Who took them and why were they taken? The police obviously took this seriously but they did not get to the bottom of what had actually occurred.”
When police chief Mr Page gave his evidence to Lord Hutton he said he still had inquiries to complete and only that he was “reasonably satisfied” that there was no third party involvement or “criminal dimension” to Dr Kelly’s death.
New Attorney General Dominic Grieve recently received a letter from a female colleague of Dr Kelly, Mai Pedersen, a US Air Force officer who served with his UN weapons inspection team in Iraq.
She wrote to Mr Grieve saying that he had difficulty swallowing pills, which puts a huge question mark over claims that he had swallowed 29 painkillers before cutting his left wrist.
She also said that because he had a painful elbow injury he was unable to use his right hand for basic tasks, including cutting steaks, yet somehow he was able to cut his left wrist.
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/187569/David-Kelly-s-dental-records-were-stolen
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