Dr Kelly and the inquest that never was

There must have been some sort of corporate amnesia gripping the nation at about the time we invaded Iraq in 2003,

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Dr David Kelly, the man at the heart of the issue of weapons of mass destruction, was found dead in mysterious circumstances.

But no inquest was ever held.

No inquest? It is unthinkable. I cannot remember why we were not screaming for a proper inquiry from the rooftops.

Maybe it was deemed unpatriotic at a time of war. But with hindsight it is bizarre that this death, which should have been examined in the most minute detail and with absolute transparency, was considered not by a coroner but by the Hutton Inquiry, set up by the prime minister who had led us to war.

Seven years on, the chorus from doctors and others to re-examine the facts can no longer be ignored.

Every soldier killed in far-off Iraq or Afghanistan gets an inquest.

So why no inquest for Dr Kelly who died in an English wood from causes that have never been properly established, a few days after seriously embarrassing the Government?

I don't subscribe to the murder theory but let's hear the facts.