Kelly 'could not have died' from knife wound, paramedics claim _DUPE

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Dave Bartlett and Vanessa Hunt attended the scene of death. The weapons expert’s suicide sparked the Hutton Inquiry. Picture: PA

Kelly 'could not have died' from knife wound, paramedics claim

DAN MCDOUGALL


Key points
• Paramedics believe wounds unlikely as cause of death due to lack of blood
• Medical situation complicated by opiate drugs and blood condition in victim
• Thames Valley Police have no intention of re-opening the case

Key quote
I just think it is incredibly unlikely that he died from the wrist wound we saw. There just wasn’t a lot of blood. When someone cuts an artery, whether accidentally or intentionally, the blood pumps everywhere." - VANESSA HUNT, PARAMEDIC


Story in full POLICE have rejected calls to re-open the inquiry into the death of Dr David Kelly, the government weapons expert, after two paramedics who found him at the scene of his death said he could not have died from self-inflicted knife wounds.

Dave Bartlett and Vanessa Hunt, both ambulance workers, yesterday spoke out for the first time since the Hutton Inquiry, which concluded that Dr Kelly had committed suicide and died of wounds to the ulnar artery in his left wrist.

The paramedics disputed the findings of the investigation, claiming there was not enough blood at the scene to merit the official conclusions. They had raised the same concerns while giving evidence to the inquiry last year.

Dr Kelly was found dead in July 2003 shortly after being named as the source of a BBC story which claimed that the government had "sexed-up" a dossier on Saddam Hussein’s weapons of mass destruction.

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She said: "I just think it is incredibly unlikely that he died from the wrist wound we saw. There just wasn’t a lot of blood. When someone cuts an artery, whether accidentally or intentionally, the blood pumps everywhere."

She added: "When we arrived on the scene there was no gaping wound, there wasn’t a puddle of blood around. There was a little bit of blood on the nettles to the left of his left arm. But there was no real blood on the body of the shirt.

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http://news.scotsman.com/politics.cfm?id=1422152004

Might have even been from the paramedics.

Why is this news now? Just asking.