The Cut Wrist

What do we know of David Kelly's cut wrist?

All the photographs are embargoed until 2073. By then everyone concerned with David Kelly will be dead.

The Scenario

As I have already said, and will explain later, David Kelly died some 40 miles from Harrowdown Hill. His body was brought to the hill and dumped against a tree trunk. This is when a rather crude attempt to cut his left wrist - to simulate suicide - was inflicted upon his body.

I will explain how this was done in this chapter.

Slashed Wrist - typical

A self-inflicted 'slashed wrist' has a very typical appearance. The same pattern is seen with self-inflicted cut throats - seen more often in the past when old soldiers did it.

The determined person planning to commit suicide by cutting their wrist will 'test' the effect of cutting the skin with one or two lightweight cuts. Very superficial cuts. These are also called 'hesitation' or 'tentative' marks.

Then, having gained confidence, they will plunge the blade in deeply and make the intended cut. The cut will be deepest at the start and be less deep along its length. If they are right-handed the cut is usually from left to right - they will pull the blade towards themselves.

They might repeat this if the first deep cut didn't produce a gush of blood. So:

• there could be one, two or maybe three 'test' cuts
• then, in the midst of the test cuts, one or two deep cuts
• enough to cut an artery and produce a gush of blood
• the radial artery is most likely to be severed
• the ulnar artery is unlikely to be severed
• all of these cuts would be in the same place
• all the cuts are roughly parallel

In the case of a right-handed person, the cut would be made on the left wrist. The cut would run from the outside (radial) to the inside (ulnar) of the wrist.

A 'classical' suicide attempt at the left wrist. Some superficial 'test' cuts (1) followed by a deep incision (2). The blade is pushed in deeply at B and pulled towards the person - finishing, superficially, at A. Thus the Radial artery is most likely cut whilst the Ulnar artery is spared.

Simplified anatomy adapted from Gray's Anatomy

Roy Green

Roy Green gives a brief account of the wrist cuts.

Roy Green was a scientist employed by Forensic Alliance Limited (FAL). He describes his occupation as 'forensic biologist' at Lord Hutton's Inquiry. He had worked as such for 25 years and would have attended and recorded details of thousands of crime scenes.

He spent some five hours examining, recording and sampling David Kelly's body and its local environment.

He describes the wrist incisions in his statement as having approximately 11 cuts to the wrist. Surprisingly, he doesn't give any more details of the cuts, although he was perfectly qualified to describe them. This number of cuts is not at all typical for someone determined to commit suicide by slashing their wrist.

When an artery is cut, blood comes out with the force of the blood pressure. This spray of blood can be dramatic. An arterial spray can hit the ceiling of a room and spread for many feet - right across a small room, for example. The scene can look, literally, like a blood bath.

The paramedics, David Bartlett and Vanessa Hunt, who saw David Kelly's body, have insisted that there was very little blood at the scene. This pair of experienced paramedics would have seen hundreds of injuries with blood loss - probably more so than Dr Hunt.

David Bartlett said "I've seen more blood from a nosebleed".

In his 22-page statement, Roy Green is careful to lay down initial definitions:

• blood spread from an impact is 'impact splatter'

What I described above as 'arterial spray' he calls -

• 'arterial rain'

Roy Green - Blood Loss

Roy Green then says, of the scene of David Kelly's body, that the majority of blood 'staining' (not defined) was below 33 cm, the most distant 78 cm and the highest 50 cm.

There was also 'arterial bloodstaining with pooling' (not defined) closer to the injured limb - an interesting description of David Kelly's left arm.

Blood has 'spurted' (not previously defined) 78 cm.

But he doesn't mention any 'arterial rain'.

Also he said "There was no obvious areas of bloodstaining on the ground beneath the body".

This doesn't paint a picture of a blood bath from a cut Ulnar artery.

Vague Stuff

I thought Roy Green's description of the blood around David Kelly's body was pretty vague. It didn't employ any of his prior definitions.

I have to note that Roy Green's introduction to the Hutton Inquiry wasn't an example of scientific precision either.

Having arrived at the Inquiry he was questioned by James Dingemans QC:

Question - And when was your first involvement?
Answer - May I refer to my notes, if that is alright?
Q - Yes, of course.
A - I received a phone call on 18th July.
Q - At what time, morning, evening?
A - It was around about dinner time.
Q - Around about?
A - Dinner time.

The QC didn't try to clarify what time of day the forensic scientist meant when he said 'dinner time'. This is not a reassuring example of scientific linguistic accuracy. Was this 12:00, 13:00, 14:00 or maybe 17:00, 18:00 or 19:00 - or some other?

The matter wasn't helped when the QC then asked Roy Green:

Q - What time did you get to Harrowdown Hill?
A - We arrived at the scene at just gone 2 o'clock.
Q - 2 o'clock in the afternoon?
A - Yes.

I have no doubt that Roy Green is an excellent Forensic Scientist. It is quite possible that the very unusual circumstances, somewhat theatrical, of the Hutton Inquiry may have perturbed him.

However, it is clear that he doesn't describe a blood bath - rather just some blood spattered a short distance around David Kelly's left wrist.

Dr Nicholas Hunt

Dr Hunt gives a good and clear description of the cuts. Here, a picture would be worth a thousand words. But, thanks to Lord Hutton, we have no pictures. We have to work blind.

I have taken Dr Hunt's careful description of the wounds to create an image of them.

The Incisions

1. 6 cm long and up to 1.5 cm deep. This incision has cut the ulnar artery but missed the radial artery.
   
   
   This incision has partly severed the ulnar nerve (next to the artery). It hadn't severed any of the superficial tendons that lie between the two arteries.
   
   The edge of the incision is described as:
   
   

   • "crushing and maceration of the skin" and
   • "a number of notches"

   This is an unusual description of a skin incision. I suspect that two blades were used to make the wrist incisions.
   
   This incision seems to have been made by a rather blunt blade. The incision stated at 'A' with a deep plunge to about 1.5 cm. This severed the ulnar artery. The blade was then pulled towards 'B' - but now fairly superficially. As the blade was blunt, a deal of force was used and a 'sawing' motion used.
   
   This gave rise to the crushed and macerated skin edge and the 'notches'.
   
   David Kelly had a Sandvik gardening knife in his jacket pocket. Sandvik is a Swedish knife manufacturer. He had this knife since his childhood, so it may well have been blunt. I think the Sandvik knife was used to make this incision.
   
   However, I doubt if a blunt gardening knife could have made the other, much finer incisions described. I suspect a second very sharp blade was used to make these. Something like a 'Stanley' knife blade would have done the job.
2. Two incisions 2 and 2.5 cm long. Cut down to the fibrous sheath around the tendons, muscles, nerves and blood vessels. Thus these incisions posed no risk of blood loss or other injury.
   
3. Described as multiple fine, superficial incisions extending from all the deeper incisions. The vast majority of the injuries lay in parallel. Difficult to envision this description as it doesn't match any typical picture.
   
4. At least four criss-crossing superficial incisions between 2.5 and 3 cm long. In turn, these were crossed by a number of oblique fine incisions.
   
5. At least three superficial incisions here, about 1.2 cm long.
   

The left wrist incisions as described by Dr Hunt.
The blue arrow shows the likely direction of the cut.

Observations

 

1. There are to many incisions here - perhaps more than the 11 noted by Roy Green.
2. The incisions are scattered - not in one place.
3. There are not the classic 'test' incisions with a major incision in their midst.
4. The incisions are a mixed up bunch of harmless artefacts that lack coherence.
5. Only one of these incisions (number 1) was sufficiently deep to cut an artery. This is higher up the arm than would be usual.
6. It doesn't appear to have any typical 'test' cuts associated with it.
7. This incision, 1.5 cm deep, cut the ulnar artery but not the bigger radial artery.
8. This suggests that the incision was made from 'A' to 'B'.
9. This is opposite to what would be expected in a self-inflicted injury.
10. This is consistent with the proposition that a third party made the incisions - let's call him 'Officer-X'. Officer-X may have been female but was most probably male.
11. Officer-X would be standing or kneeling on David Kelly's left side. He would have cut the wrist from inside to outside. The cut would be deepest on the inside - thus the ulnar artery is cut and the radial artery was spared (see illustration).
12. This proposition is also consistent with the fact that there were no fingerprints on this knife. Officer-X would have been careful to wipe the knife clean.

Using Dr Hunt's description of the wounds explains the unusual fact that the ulnar arery was severed and the radial artery was spared. It was not self-inflicted - Officer-X did it.

This is how I think David Kelly's wrist was cut - by Officer-X

Having cut the ulnar artery, Officer-X would have squeezed or 'milked' the arm to drive out as much blood as possible. He would have done his best to spatter it around. However, a dead body isn't going to give up much blood from a severed ulnar artery - a few 10s of millilitres at best, I would guess.

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A Visit To The Dentist

As I have said, when I began to look at the David Kelly issue:

“there were many ‘bits’ of information around. At first sight some of these seemed almost random noise - just junk, just gossip or hearsay.”

The issue of David Kelly’s dentist was perhaps the most bizarre matter. Whilst it was so bizarre it was clearly very, very significant.

It couldn’t be dismissed. No-one - not even the painstaking Norman Baker PC - has offered an explanation of this matter.

I think it will be seen as the most sinister and evil event in the whole of the ‘Kelly affair’. It shows the extent to which parts of the UK Government were prepared to go in order to conceal the truth.

The first that the public knew of Dr Kelly’s dentist was near the end of the Hutton Inquiry. Thames Valley Police’s (TVP) Assistant Chief Constable - Michael Page - gave an account, of sorts, to the Inquiry.

Michael Page was TVP’s headman at Lord Hutton’s Inquiry.

One gets the feeling that Michael Page was the principal organiser of much of the Hutton Inquiry - Lord Hutton’s right-hand man. Probably overseen by Lord Falconer: Charles Leslie Falconer, Baron Falconer of Thoroton, PC, QC.

When Michael Page retired in 2006, he had a celebratory dinner. And who was the guest of honour at this policeman’s ball? Lord Brian Hutton, and he gave a very generous speech.

David Kelly’s Dental Clinic

Dr Kelly’s dentist was Dr Bozena Kanas of Ock Street Clinic, 45 Ock Street, Abingdon. Dr Kanas has followed the legal advice that she has been given.

Not to breach patient confidentiality - and admit this. The Access to Health Records Act 1990 and the NHS Records Management Code of Practice apply in this instance.

Be advised that she will not discuss the matter so don’t bother to contact her.

Mr Nicholas Barnes is the Clinic Manager and partner of Bozena Kanas. Like Dr Kanas he will not discuss the matter.

Dr Kelly's dental clinic

TVP’s Michael Page’s Account

The important factor is that this matter was completely secret and could have remained so.

However, the dental practice had a total of about a dozen employees and a big through-flow of patients. Inevitably it was porous. It was difficult to be sure that this ‘secret’ would not leak.

Michael Page and his team must have decided that the best option was put it into the public domain.

By them, on their terms.

I guess his thoughts were “it’s better to be in control of the situation than have the situation in control of you”.

If they didn’t it might leak. The situation would then be in control of them.

So, on the 21st of 23 days of Inquiry testimony and nine weeks after the event, it was made public.

Michael Page was called back, three weeks after he had already given testimony to the Inquiry, to answer another question.

Question - James Dingemans QC asked Michael Page:

“Were you ever contacted by Dr Kelly's dentist?”

This question had no lead-in, no precursor - it simply came out of the blue. This was a very strange way to conduct matters. Mr Dingeman’s reason for asking this ectopic question should have been explained. But no - a complete left-field question.

Nevertheless, Michael Page seemed fully prepared to provide an answer to this remarkable question.

Here was a charade in action - a recurring quality of this Inquiry.

I have summarised Michael Page’s reply below.

The original is here, on page 202:

http://tinyurl.com/hl3vf2c

Michael Page’s answer

Typical paper record

1. Yes, we got a telephone call from Dr Kelly’s dentist.
2. Not sure which day - on the day he died, or the day after.
3. His dentist found that his records were missing.
4. We carried out a full examination of the surgery and found nothing untoward.
5. On the Sunday the dental records had been found.
6. We had another call from the dentist.
7. The records were examined for fingerprints.
8. No extraneous fingerprints were found.
9. End of matter.

Michael Page’s account is ambiguous and inaccurate on several counts.

In 2011 the Attorney General released a note on this matter:

http://tinyurl.com/hdh6p5a

This adds a little more information. A Freedom of Information (FOI) request about these records showed unidentified fingerprints.

I have spoken to the key people of the Dental Clinic as it was in 2003. From these conversations I now have a clear account of events.

Actual Events

1. Dr Kanas was a good friend of Dr Kelly. They both had degrees from Birmingham University. Dr Kanas’s family was from Poland. David Kelly had friends who were Polish scientists.
2. She was very shocked and upset to hear of his death - at around midday on the Friday.
3. Immediately, she went to take his records out of her filing cabinet.
4. She didn’t want any appointment reminders sent to him by accident.
5. The records were on paper, in ‘Lloyd George’ folders. These are about the size of a B5 sheet.
6. David Kelly’s records were missing.
7. This was shock number two - a thunderbolt.
8. The Clinic staff then went to enormous trouble to check that the records had not been misfiled. They went through thousands of records.
9. By the end of the day they had no doubt that David Kelly’s records had gone - vanished.
10. They were very upset and angry - somebody must have taken them. There was no reason to suppose that they were missing before that day. They hadn’t lost a patient’s records before.
11. They were worried that they might get a call from TVP. They could be asked for his records to help with identification. Over the weekend they continued to worry about the loss of their medical records.
12. They returned to the Clinic on Sunday. For the umpteenth time she looked in her cabinet, and his records were there!
13. Another thunderbolt of a shock. There was no doubt - someone had done this.
14. They really didn’t know what to make of this, or what to do. It was as though there was a poltergeist in their Clinic. Or more realistically a burglar of unusual sorts. Much as they disliked the idea it seemed the only possibility - but why oh why?

Options

They thought of their options:

• Say nothing and hope that was the end of the matter
• Or tell - tell TVP

This was the ‘safe’ option, in that they would then be beyond criticism.

But, it seemed a crazy thing to report.

So, late on Sunday evening, the 20^th, they called TVP to tell them. To tell them that one of their dental records had disappeared and then reappeared!

An odd telephone call

I don’t how this call was processed. If they phoned TVP’s non-urgent number the call would have been routed to TVP’s HQ in Kidlington, 8 miles north of Oxford.

A civilian officer would have taken the call and sent a report by fax to the nearest TVP station - Abingdon Police Station. The Station is about half a mile from the Clinic.

Abingdon Police Station was at the heart of the David Kelly search operation - Operation Mason. 

TVP's Police Station - at the heart of Operation Mason

At Abingdon the duty officer would have seen the fax. There was no criminal issue here. It just looked as though a careless dentist lost a record and found it. It was a non-event.

But the name ‘Dr David Kelly’ appeared in the report. This was noticed and the report was copied to Operation Mason.

Once again, this was seen as a non-event. It needed a minimal reaction.

But as a precaution, Operation Mason copied the report upwards.

When those on high read this simple report they probably went into meltdown.

They had been found out!

• The whole of this affair - of David Kelly’s death - is an amazingly Dark Event in British History.
• The matter of David Kelly’s Dental Records is by far and away the darkest, most sinister and evil event in this whole affair.

Four questions arise:

• Why were the records taken?
• Who planned this?
• Why were they returned?
• What action did TVP take

I can now explain these extraordinary events in their entirety

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Minor Toxicology Matters

Toxicology - the science of the analysis of toxic substances in the body.

In practice it also includes the analysis of non-toxic substances as well as naturally occurring substances in the body.

There are many aspects of the drug and toxicology results that puzzle me.

The toxicology work was given to Forensic Alliance Ltd (FAL). This was a forensic science company based at Culham, Abingdon, Oxfordshire. In 2005 the company was taken over by LGC Limited.

Here, I am curious about the FAL's 'minor' results from David Kelly's body fluids.

A small team of scientists would have carried out the analyses. They would have cross-checked each other's results to eliminate any one scientist's errors.

Finally, a stringent check of all the results would be made by the Company's Quality Control procedures.

Thus - any results from FAL should be guaranteed to be free of errors. People's lives and freedom depended on the accuracy of their work.

One of their employees, Dr Allan, reported the company's results to the Coroner and the Hutton Inquiry.

Toxicology results review

In 2010, in response to a major legal challenge, the Attorney General had parts of the Hutton Inquiry's evidence reviewed.

The reviewer of FAL's toxicology results was Professor Robert J Flanagan, 53, an expert in drug analysis. He was a Consultant Clinical Scientist at King's College Hospital, London. He held honorary Professorships at Loughborough and London.

A Mass Spectrometer - magnetic sector type

My interest is in two substances, commented upon by both Dr Allan and Dr Flanagan - caffeine and acetone.

The obvious general-purpose analytical instrument that FAL would have used was a device called a Mass Spectrometer.

This can measure a vast range of substances in samples of body fluid/tissue. The output from the device - a mass spectrum - can be fairly confusing at first glance. It shows 'peaks' of all sorts all over the place. But each peak or peaks is like a fingerprint for a substance.

Caffeine

Most people have some caffeine in their body. Simply from drinking coffee, tea, cola drinks, energy drinks, chocolate and some medicines.

It is almost a normal and common finding in body fluids.

David Kelly had a cup of coffee, at home, at 11am on Thursday 17th July with his wife Jan. A little later, at about 1pm, he had a lunch of sandwiches and a glass of water.

We don't know the amount or type of coffee he drank. We don't know how much caffeine he drank. We don't know if it was decaffeinated.

The body breaks down caffeine. David Kelly is alleged to have died about ten hours later. By then the amount of caffeine in his blood would have fallen to about a quarter of the peak value. In the analysis of David Kelly's blood etc, caffeine would have been seen along with many other common substances. It was unlikely to be a significant feature of the analysis spectrum at this time.

Mass Spectrum of pure Caffeine. The spike ‘194’ on the right is the pure Caffeine. The other spikes are characteristic fragments of the Caffeine molecule produced by the Mass Spectrometer. This is the ‘finger print’ of Caffeine – or its ‘fragmentation pattern’

Sadly, no measurements of the actual blood levels, e.g. mg per litre, of caffeine were made or reported. This would have been very easy and very useful.

Mentions of caffeine

Given that David Kelly's levels of caffeine should have been low, it is surprising how often they are mentioned.

Dr Allan referred to caffeine three times.

Dr Flanagan referred to caffeine twice.

Thus caffeine was mentioned five times, yet it shouldn't have drawn any comments at all.

Unless - that is - the levels of caffeine were high or unusually high?

They could only be notably high if David Kelly had been drinking caffeine drinks later in the day. But there isn't a Starbucks on Harrowdown Hill.

Were his caffeine levels higher than expected? If they were, where and when had David Kelly been drinking coffee or something similar?

Acetone

Acetone is a solvent most often met in nail varnish. It vaporises easily and has a very distinctive smell.

A lack of food

It is also a natural chemical in the body. It is usually present in very small amounts. It can be readily detected and measured by a mass spectrometer.

The body 'burns' glucose as its source of energy. Glucose is stored in the body - in the liver and muscles. It is actually stored as a carbohydrate called glycogen.

The glycogen store is seldom enough to last 24 hours. First thing in the morning it will be very low or zero. It is topped-up during the day by eating carbohydrates.

The glycogen stores are often used up. Then the body switches over to burning fat. This is not very efficient and “ketone bodies” are made as a by-product.
Acetone is the main ketone body.

The breath of someone whose body is running on fat may well smell of acetone. From the smell of acetone on their breath they may be described as 'ketotic'.

David Kelly had a lunch of sandwiches. This was at about 1pm. Just how much food he ate we don't know.

However, acetone was found in his body fluids. This suggests that he had used up all of his carbohydrate store - lunch as well - and was now having to burn fat.

It is alleged that he died around 8.45pm - some eight hours after his lunch.

I am surprised that he had switched over to burning fat by then. I would have thought that his carbohydrate stores were unlikely to have been consumed before 8.45 pm.

Mentions of acetone

David Kelly's body levels of acetone should have been minimal.

But it is surprising how often they are mentioned.

Dr Allan referred to acetone three times.

Dr Flanagan referred to acetone once.

Thus acetone was mentioned four times, yet it shouldn't have drawn any comments at all.

Unless - that is - the levels of acetone were high or unusually high?

How could David Kelly's acetone levels be raised?

The obvious explanation is that he was alive and well late on the evening of Thursday 17th - and probably very hungry.

Once again, no measurements of acetone were reported.

Questions

Was David Kelly alive and hungry late on the evening of Thursday 17th July?

Was he also drinking coffee at the same time?

If so - where was he?

Do you know where David Kelly was on the evening of 17th July?

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An Unexpected Journey

"in the end truth will out"

William Shakespeare
The Merchant of Venice (1600)

David Christopher Kelly

Lord Hutton - he will rue the day

This is an account of the death of Dr David Kelly CMG DPhil - the UK/UN Biological Weapons Inspector. He was a world-renowned scientist who had been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize. This arose from his work in uncovering Russia's and, later, Iraq's biological weapons programme.

David Kelly was intimately linked to the matter of the 'sexed up dossier' - the dossier of Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction, their 45-minute readiness and the decision to commit the UK to the Iraqi War of 2003.

Lord Charles Falconer

A search dog found his body on the morning of Friday 18th July 2003. It was in a copse on Harrowdown Hill, Longworth, Oxfordshire, two miles from his home, his wife and children.

Many accounts have been put forward to explain his death. Two lines of explanation have generally been proposed - murder and suicide. I believe all of these are fictional - and that includes the report of Lord Brian Hutton.

I believe that the name of Lord James Brian Edward Hutton will live on long in history for his conduct of the Inquiry.

I think that he will rue the day that he was 'persuaded' By Lord Charles Falconer to accept this task.

The timeline of 'political' events is astonishing:

• 08:45
  Search dog finds body of elderly man in Oxfordshire copse
• 09:15
  Lord Charles Falconer told of find of unidentified body
• 09:30
  Lord Falconer phones Tony Blair, who is asleep on flight from Washington DC to Tokyo
• 12:00
  Lord Falconer appoints Lord Brian Hutton to undertake an Inquiry into the death of Dr David Kelly - although his body still not formally identified
• 12:30
  Lord Falconer phones Tony Blair a further twice in flight to Tokyo

When Tony Blair arrived in Tokyo, there was a pre-arranged press conference. Having had three phone conversations with Lord Charles Falconer he must have been aware of some of the facts. One journalist - Jonathan Oliver - had been given clearance by his editor to handle the conference, as he wanted. He decided to ask Tony Blair

"Have you got blood on your hands Prime Minster? Are you going to resign?"

The Hutton Inquiry was set up three hours after a dog found a body that had not yet been formally identified. It opened ten working days after David Kelly's body was found.

This was an extraordinary pace of events - about an unidentified body of a grey haired man in some distant woodland. Or did Lord Falconer know more than was publicly declared?

My Account

I will present my account of David Kelly's death - a conclusion reached after some three years research. I started with no presumption of any cause of death. With a clean, blank sheet.

My efforts to determine the likely course of events and the cause of death simply followed the available information.

Out of the Blue

I had had no particular interest in the matter of Dr David Kelly's death.

However, out of the blue, I was told something about his death, in February 2012. This came from a totally reliable source and I regard it as a fact.

A Jigsaw

I had started a ball rolling on an unexpected journey. This small ball began to roll until it got much, very much, bigger.

A feature of this matter was that there were many 'bits' of information around.

At first sight some of these seemed almost random noise - just junk, just gossip or hearsay. But, as a picture developed, many of these 'bits' began to come together, as in a jigsaw.

In building this jigsaw I was helped by many. I will name some of these but others will recognise their help. I much appreciate their help.

A Legal Edifice

Lord Hutton and his colleagues built an Edifice - the Hutton Inquiry and its Report. Its database of information has been embargoed for 70 years. This fact didn't emerge until January 2010.

In contrast, a Coroner's Inquest is a public matter - so the cause of death can be seen to be questioned honestly and explained. Coroners have looked at all unusual deaths in England since 1200 AD.

Seldom can there have been such a travesty of justice as this Inquiry that purported to examine the cause of David Kelly's death.

The Press called it a 'whitewash'.

In these circumstances, fortunately, leaks appear in and around the Edifice.

The Edifice was built and supported to withstand legal attacks.

But it wasn't built to deal with multiple leaks of fact that will eventually overwhelm its credibility in the public eye.

A Wanted Man

At the time of his death David Kelly was one of the most wanted men in the country - wanted by the media.

He was wanted in respect of massive political issues of the day; of important matters bearing upon the integrity of Government, and the Prime Minister in particular.

In the week before his death he had retreated, with his wife Janice, to the shelter of a house near Mevagissey, Cornwall. A friend of Mrs Kelly - Pamela Dabbs - and her husband John arranged this for them.

A Rubicon

The jigsaw tells of events that tragically went wrong for David Kelly and led to his death. Those present at his death should have come forward and explained.

They didn't. They decided, probably in a state of utter, uncontrolled panic, to conceal the events and mount a cover-up.

In so doing they crossed a Rubicon. A moral, ethical and professional Rubicon that was to have far-reaching effects.

A Cover-Up

The cover-up involved many people - probably about 50 in the first 24 hours. It was a massive logistical exercise in the short dark hours of a July night.

They are mostly police officers and civil servants. Those involved were as high as one could go in the British establishment.

This cover-up has blighted many lives, not least those of the Kelly family which is no more what it once was.

David Kelly's Death

Harrowdown Hill: In July 2003 - a Satanic Stage Set

David Kelly didn't die on Harrowdown Hill.

He died about 40 miles away.

His body was carried unceremoniously and dumped on Harrowdown Hill by government employees. A government employee put three empty packets of co-proxamol tablets in his pocket; actually, a single tablet was left unopened.

A government employee then cut his wrist and left his body slumped against a tree trunk.

But it wasn't a very convincing stage set.

That night the Devil rode out.

My Objective

My objective is to get the Oxford Coroner to reopen the inquest into the death of David Kelly.

This would result in witnesses being summoned to appear and to testify under oath.

This contrasts with the Hutton Inquiry in which carefully selected 'witnesses' were invited to attend. They were not bound by oath. They could say whatever; there was no risk of committing perjury. They were told simply to answer the questions and not to ask any.

I think that, in the eyes the Hutton Inquiry team, there were four classes of 'witnesses':

1. Those requested by Lord Hutton - who accepted his invitation
2. Those requested by Lord Hutton - who declined his invitation
3. Those requested by Lord Hutton - who declined his invitation but were then pressurised to accept
4. Those not requested and not wanted by Lord Hutton - but who should have given evidence

There are clearly quite a number in class 2 - witnesses not prepared to lie or not prepared to “tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth” even though they were not bound by an Oath at this Inquiry.

There were also a lot of potentially useful witnesses in class 4.

At the time of David Kelly's death the Oxford Coroner was Mr Nicholas Gardiner. He has now retired and Mr Darren Salter is in post. I gather that Mr Salter's greatest fear is that he will have to reopen David Kelly's inquest.

I apologise in advance to Mr Salter for upsetting his plans for a quiet life.

I realise fully that a 'simple Inquest' into the cause of David Kelly's death would now be a gargantuan affair of global interest.

Your Help

Although I have a fairly complete jigsaw of events there are still many gaps in the account.

I will present this account in stages. I would welcome any input of fact that readers can provide to fill in these gaps.

As I have said, there are many who know a great deal of the truth about David Kelly's death.

Please let me know what facts you can via the secure email address davidkellyinquest@gmail.com

Precautions

This account will not be welcomed by some.

This blog is hosted offshore, outside legitimate UK jurisdiction. Illegitimate UK jurisdiction is another, darker matter, as we shall see.

The full account, in its draft form, has already been written.

If I come under any pressure, directly or indirectly, to cease publication this will trigger the immediate publication of the blog in full.

Similarly, if any one connected to me is subject to any form of pressure or harassment, automatic publication will follow.

A trigger will also operate if there are attempts to interfere with this website or its email function. I have alternative sites prepared for publication.

In other words it is now inevitable that the account will, at least in its draft form, be published in full.

Also I have three on-shore lawyers guiding me through any potential difficulties.

The Kelly Family

I have several reasons to believe that David Kelly's widow, Janice, doesn't want an inquest.

I also believe that there was some division in the Kelly family about how his death should have been investigated.

I suspect that the Kelly family may have been given some very toxic account of some aspect of David Kelly's life. So toxic, that Mrs Kelly doesn't want it aired in public, as would happen at a Coroner's Inquest. This toxic account is quite probably fictitious.

David Kelly's neglected grave

David Kelly's grave in Longworth, two miles from his home, is neglected. It is in a windswept part of the graveyard that, by chance, overlooks Harrowdown Hill. Seemingly it is not cared for or attended by anyone.

It as though David Kelly had been posthumously abandoned by his wife and family.

I have no wish to upset the Kelly family.

However, I find myself with significant information about David Kelly's death.

What should I do?

• I could forget about my three years' research and remain silent. I think too many people have already remained silent about this matter.
• Is my duty of care to the very damaged Kelly family? So that they can continue to live their lives in peace, but haunted by many unanswered questions about David's death? If this is so then I should remain silent.
• Or is my duty of care to David Kelly, who has lost most - his life, his family, his honour and reputation?

I have no doubt that my greatest duty of care is to David Kelly above all others.

Thus I feel that I should publish what I know about the end of his life.

Finally

I think it worth quoting the thoughts of Dr Michael Powers QC from 2012:

"We should pay tribute to Dr Kelly. He was a brilliant man who did his best in the service of this country. He deserves our gratitude and respect. We owe it to him and ourselves to ensure the true cause of his death is ascertained."

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