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Mother in Snatch vehicle victory | |
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The mother of a soldier killed in Iraq has won the right for a judicial review of the government's refusal to hold a public inquiry into Snatch Land Rovers. | |
Susan Smith, from Tamworth, Staffordshire, is entitled to a High Court judicial review of their use. | |
But Mr Justice Mitting said the review would not cover the present and future use of Snatch Land Rovers. | |
The lightly armoured vehicles have been criticised for offering insufficient protection to troops from bomb blasts. | The lightly armoured vehicles have been criticised for offering insufficient protection to troops from bomb blasts. |
The High Court heard that 37 soldiers had died in Iraq and Afghanistan while using the vehicles since 2005. | |
The judge said the vehicles' present and future deployment was "unimpeachable" in the courts. |