David Kelly files prove little for campaigners whose fight continues

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/oct/22/david-kelly-files-campaigners

David Kelly's grave is hard to find. The churchyard in Longworth, a prosperous straggle of an Oxfordshire village near where he lived, is big and densely occupied. His headstone stands at its furthest edge of an outlying section and since he was buried in 2003, the look of his grave has changed completely.

The plaque which first marked it has been replaced by a stone slab. This in turn has aged rapidly: its inscription is legible only if you lean close. "David Christopher Kelly," it reads. "Blessed are those of a gentle spirit." All seems calm. But there is a jarring detail for any close follower of the Kelly saga. The headstone says he died on 17 July 2003. The original plaque said he died the day after.

Despite the sudden release today of previously secret postmortem and toxicology reports into his death, which provide further evidence in support of the Hutton inquiry's 2004 finding that the weapons inspector killed himself, many of the basic facts about how and why Kelly died remain, at best, unclear. At worst, they are bitterly contested.

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"The attorney general is not entirely satisfied with the past inquiry," says a minister close to the case. In August, Grieve told the Times: "People who have expressed concerns about why Lord Hutton did not tie up every loose end may have a valid point." Powers rates the chances of a fresh inquest as 80% or higher.

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