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| Britain |
| Body ’matches’ Iraq expert |
| 2003-07-18 |
| EFL Police searching for the weapons expert suggested by the government as the possible source for a BBC story on Iraq say the body they have found matches Dr David Kelly’s appearance. The body was found at 0920 BST by a member of the police team searching for Dr Kelly in a wooded area at Harrowdown Hill, near Faringdon, Oxfordshire. Government adviser Dr Kelly, 59, went missing from his home in Southmoor, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, at about 1500 BST on Thursday. The body was found lying on the ground, a police spokeswoman said. The body was found around five miles from Dr Kelly’s home. No word yet on if it is confirmed to be him or what he died from. Earlier this week, Dr Kelly denied being the BBC’s main source for a story claiming Downing Street had "sexed up" a dossier about Iraqi weapons of mass destruction. He appeared before the Commons foreign affairs committee on Tuesday. MPs on the committee reacted with shock and disbelief at news of Dr Kelly’s disappearance. His family had contacted the police when he failed to return home by 2345 BST on Thursday. Huge media attention has been on Dr Kelly since the Ministry of Defence said he had admitted meeting Andrew Gilligan, the BBC correspondent behind the controversial Iraq story. Mr Gilligan said a source had told him that the dossier on Iraq had been "sexed up" by Downing Street. The BBC correspondent has refused to name his source, but the MoD said Dr Kelly had come forward to say it may have been him. Developing |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #1 Elementary, my dear Watson. Gilligan did it - isn't the knucklehead always up to no good? |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2003-7-18 4:06:18 PM |