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| 'Friendly fire' video to be shown | 'Friendly fire' video to be shown |
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| A video of a "friendly fire" incident which killed a UK soldier will be shown at an inquest when it resumes later. | A video of a "friendly fire" incident which killed a UK soldier will be shown at an inquest when it resumes later. |
| Lance Corporal of Horse Matty Hull, 25, from Berkshire, died when US A-10 "tankbuster" pilots opened fire on a convoy in southern Iraq four years ago. | Lance Corporal of Horse Matty Hull, 25, from Berkshire, died when US A-10 "tankbuster" pilots opened fire on a convoy in southern Iraq four years ago. |
| Last month Oxfordshire Assistant Deputy Coroner Andrew Walker ruled the cockpit tape would be played at the hearing in Oxford but not shown in open court. | Last month Oxfordshire Assistant Deputy Coroner Andrew Walker ruled the cockpit tape would be played at the hearing in Oxford but not shown in open court. |
| The US had denied the video existed but it was leaked to the Sun newspaper. | The US had denied the video existed but it was leaked to the Sun newspaper. |
| Air attack | Air attack |
| At a pre-inquest hearing Mr Walker agreed not to show the footage in public despite calling it "vital evidence". | At a pre-inquest hearing Mr Walker agreed not to show the footage in public despite calling it "vital evidence". |
| The tape shows US pilots mistakenly firing at two British army tanks near the Iraqi city of Basra in March 2003. | The tape shows US pilots mistakenly firing at two British army tanks near the Iraqi city of Basra in March 2003. |
| L/Cpl Hull, from the Household Cavalry Regiment, had been travelling in a column of light armoured vehicles near Basra when it was attacked from the air. | L/Cpl Hull, from the Household Cavalry Regiment, had been travelling in a column of light armoured vehicles near Basra when it was attacked from the air. |
| The soldier died from multiple injuries inside his blazing Scimitar tank despite efforts by colleagues to save him. | The soldier died from multiple injuries inside his blazing Scimitar tank despite efforts by colleagues to save him. |
| American request | American request |
| Before the footage was leaked to the Sun, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) refused to allow it to be shown as evidence in court and the inquest was adjourned. | |
| The video will be brought to the court by an MoD official and shown to the coroner and L/Cpl Hull's family at the hearing in Oxford. | The video will be brought to the court by an MoD official and shown to the coroner and L/Cpl Hull's family at the hearing in Oxford. |
| Mr Walker said he had reluctantly agreed to an American request not to show the footage in open court. | Mr Walker said he had reluctantly agreed to an American request not to show the footage in open court. |
| At last month's hearing, he said: "I would be wrong to accept that the US are correct in seeking to bind the hands of the coroner's court in this way but in these circumstances I feel that in order to make progress and provide the family with closure, it seems to me that I must act in this way as far as the copy of that video is concerned." | At last month's hearing, he said: "I would be wrong to accept that the US are correct in seeking to bind the hands of the coroner's court in this way but in these circumstances I feel that in order to make progress and provide the family with closure, it seems to me that I must act in this way as far as the copy of that video is concerned." |