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| Woman loses latest court battle over son's death at Iraq police station | Woman loses latest court battle over son's death at Iraq police station |
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| A woman whose son, a British redcap, was killed by an armed mob in Iraq has lost the latest round of her legal battle for a new independent inquiry into his death. | A woman whose son, a British redcap, was killed by an armed mob in Iraq has lost the latest round of her legal battle for a new independent inquiry into his death. |
| Court of appeal judges in London dismissed a challenge by Patricia Long against an earlier ruling by the high court that she did not have a right in law to have another investigation. | Court of appeal judges in London dismissed a challenge by Patricia Long against an earlier ruling by the high court that she did not have a right in law to have another investigation. |
| Related: 'Run or you will die.' The soldiers did not go and they died... | Related: 'Run or you will die.' The soldiers did not go and they died... |
| Cpl Paul Long, 24, and five Royal Military police colleagues died on 24 June 2003 after the police station where they were sent, in Majar al-Kabir in south-east Iraq, to meet officers they had been tasked to train, was surrounded and attacked. | |
| Lawyers for Long, from Hebburn, Tyne and Wear, argued that all the formal inquiries so far, including an inquest, had failed to get to the bottom of how mistakes that led to the deaths were made – and who was responsible for them. | Lawyers for Long, from Hebburn, Tyne and Wear, argued that all the formal inquiries so far, including an inquest, had failed to get to the bottom of how mistakes that led to the deaths were made – and who was responsible for them. |
| Friday’s decision was announced by the master of the rolls, Lord Dyson, sitting with Lord Justice Lewison and Lord Justice Underhill. | Friday’s decision was announced by the master of the rolls, Lord Dyson, sitting with Lord Justice Lewison and Lord Justice Underhill. |
| The judges said they were satisfied that Long “cannot require” the defence secretary to hold another inquiry. | The judges said they were satisfied that Long “cannot require” the defence secretary to hold another inquiry. |