Hoon labeled a 'liar, hypocrite'

[Nottingham]

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Thursday, September 25, 2003 Posted: 1655 GMT (12:55 AM HKT)

LONDON, England -- David Kelly's family has labeled Britain's defense chief a liar and hypocrite and accused the government of using the weapons expert as a pawn in its battle with the BBC over Iraq.

The family's lawyer made the accusations Thursday as he presented his closing statement to the judicial inquiry into Kelly's apparent suicide.

Jeremy Gompertz said Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon had been guilty of a "cynical abuse of power" in his department's treatment of Kelly in the days leading up to his death.

"The family invite the inquiry to find that the government made a deliberate decision to use Dr. Kelly as part of its strategy in its battle with the BBC," Gompertz told the inquiry, being led by Lord Hutton.


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Poor Kelly! I hope these men pay! :bounce:

[roguevalley]

1. no one of a certain level of power ever seems to pay. I just hope they

do. They killed a man for sport and political advantage.
There aren't enough fires in hell for that. Poor Mr. Kelly.
Now they are talking of his MOM's suicide. I hate these
people. All of them.

Mrs. Kelly and family are a helluva lot more forgiving than I would
be.

[Nottingham]

2. Yep Kelly was a lamb left to the slaughter

and the thing was he was a Loyal British citizen