Case for inquest into David Kelly death 'unanswerable'

[deminks]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-12085257

Campaigners for a full inquest into the death of government weapons inspector David Kelly say they have presented an "unanswerable" case.

A lawyer for the group behind the demand said they hoped Attorney General Dominic Grieve would resist political pressure to deny one.

Mr Grieve is expected to announce soon whether he will comply with a request to ask the High Court for an inquest.

(snip)

The doctors insist the publication of the post-mortem report has not ended key questions, such as:

* how Dr Kelly obtained a packet of coproxamol painkillers
* why his blood and stomach contained only a non-toxic dose of the drug
* why he was not spotted by a police helicopter with thermal imaging cameras which flew over the wood where his body was later found
* why no fingerprints were found on the knife apparently used to slit his wrist
* whether he in fact intended to kill himself

(end snip)

[xchrom]

1. i'm not expecting much -- but we will see. nt

[Mnemosyne]

2. KnR... n/t

[hootinholler]

3. What does that mean?

Unanswerable?

:shrug:

-Hoot

[mike_c]

4. it means that the questions posed cannot be answered from the existing reports...

...and so a full inquest is required in order to gather new data to answer those questions.

[hootinholler]

5. Thank you! n/t

[noise]

6. Another investigation might embarrass the British government

and that would be just awful. So unfair. As I recall one reason given for not having another Anthrax case investigation was the concern that doing so might embarrass the FBI. The common theme being the priority of shielding government officials from embarrassment.