offas
written
were
barracks
atDeepcut
Iheirdeaths
suspec
recruits
army
ofthese
buttheparents
suicide,
atleges
soldier
Asaformer
slaughtered.
theywere
expert
ballistics
one
easy,
been
have
would
mulder
theshootings
thetruthbehind
heknows
betieves
0'Neitl
byEamonn
Investigation
I THEHtrALDf^cAzNEr G.6
the
bmcks over the pasLdeede Ineach6e
Bntish Amv claimed ihc r€cruits di.d lrom
sclfinflidea nnc touds. lul the laniliss
relxe to accpt this. They have quesiions &at
+ill hAlcn i ben as{ered
Thc faces and ndes of thc fou. dead
Sem Aenbn, vho died in 1995i
soldier
chelyl Janes, vho died the sd€ year; CeoII
Cray, who died in 2001 dd Janes colinson.
ftom Pedh. vho died in 2002 e beconinc
"Al
the end olthe dav
6xed in the DubIc nind.
says
we're loob;g for a lull public i.quirr.
Jin Collinson Yvonne nods 'n agreenent:
'nve ve had a SuEcJ Police investigalion
qli.h rook 15months and costC1m.But it srill
hasnr told us whar happened t. our son
'fte fmilies adee that Lhevanous inquiries
md invesriEaUo;s have failcd to dsre; tleir
questions. Even a sovement
o.deied inde
p;ndent rcYiew seems ro bc havine problcds
7 tneir losswaspd ofsomethingbigg€r ietr ng q'tne$e. to testfy rmnL s"mn. a
Tl)ey&e conncctedto threcother tmilies aored\icened qho speqalkA,i LaUisrn
vho losr children 't the Deercni arnJ saysIe has yaluable inadmaljon .elating to m
in and Yvdnne Collinson are
sorled to tbe skin. spea$ ofrain
poud aganstthe qndow ofthe
I'erth.cslauanr where they s .
There are leiv custoneB: naYbe
halfa dorcn iovjal businessnen
lin hdsio shout10nale hinsela
i e a r d a b o v et h e h a c k e r o u n d
nusic:"Were ...the.. prcnts
of P.ivate. lmcs. . Collinson
. . .w h o . . d i e d . . a t . . .D c . P c u t .
on. Mdch ...23.d ...2002."The
busin€ssnen\ heads snap tP
when they h€d Lhis.Thei. Iauelr
ing stopsMd their voicesdrop
The Collinsons are. t t.aether
jndependcnt exaninaridn he carried oul
insideDeeDcutldacks,butheisnotkeenon
rooearnebsforethe F"ic'v he bonly qrU ng
t; iedLfr belo'e i tu lpubhctud cit ,nqurfl
Yei he nidt he the one Pcnon who can p.ovc
v}.rher ihe soldies connitcd suicide - as
or nor In his nosl
llre auihorlties miintain
derailed inte.viewyer. swa.n has bld The
H d a l d M a s a z i n e c a t e g o . i c a l l yt h a l r h e
cunent explanation oithe dealhs is 100 per
cent*ronc Hiswords.reuneqdivocaLznd
w*e thid parries ;volv.d dd
blDr: rh;
"
n Nas ndrdef in all lou cases
Tbe Collinsonc niehtmarc begar wilh a
ldock on rhe doorofJin's Pertbsli.enonc
early on the morning of sundal March 2'1,
2002. On lhe doorsieD was a .eiirod dDv
naior vith news oa17 icr-old lanPcs dcath
"an accident
Ar_finr bp te.med it
lin had
to br$I the nervs to the cotrple's younser
chiidren, Stua.t Md Claire: hc sats il look
Then hc
hin fou. aii.npls to say th. *o(k
had ro calllvonne. who*as lnjng in the >
! N GiHEsturBrer
NEt
COVERSTORY
> souh{est of Enelmd vilh a new ldrrei
lnitiallv sherefrsed to acRpt d1ens Imes
hadbe; qin her 24ho6 uuer' hed bai
bridt ud opbnstic, margrg plms to buv a
6. Eventu5ll, a mY otncer dd chaPrd
dved at her hou!€. That Ms when the
aooalins
'Back; @Iry hit hone
in his
?erin, s lm Put lns hsd "Don
t
hads dd weEt.the Etird major said:
we don t l$ow whY lhs€
nD vodrfa;afl.
"
tr rhe mindFthad aLeadv
v6;c ladsdo'aaidenf
ro infeftd suicide
;}jm;ed fton
"la;es was n, best nate, saYsIin now
"Eew6ny66!laddi€'Thedhestartsrocrr'
dd walksacms the reslaudt
tte aDoloaises
r".;oke;d
@Iect himselt Y"om€ si"es a
sadsnile dd st@s silendydt a,trhe rain
Fatrol had allesedlt previ@sly .Nered, od
was only 30cn fron the fencethev wer€
"I
neri to *n& @ud s a natrer of cose
qerre,lly pissd ofiwh€n I se where ny son
"How could tbev
;6 foud, sayshs farhs
T b e r e a r e ; i h e r q u e s t i o n st o o T h e
collinsons wt to lnN how ther songo! tne
rine $at allegedlykill€d hin: h€ wasn t old
enoudh to c,4 a wearn The Bentons in
r.nd;n now dflqinq ft.n in h4lrh, wt Lo
IoN whv tbei! son was on suard dury $e
didlt he &ed. And Des Jmes, rhe fath€r of
dfirfot
Chd/ Imes, is eustratedby tle la*
'Therc s no
nati6n abouthisdaqbteis daih
cldity aboutwbat bappded, *hich is whv we
needa DUbLcin@irv, h€ sEts
Thetolie hav€told c6fi dd Dime Grav
that a DsrholoAlc,l profile thev(med out on
hewa notsuiftlal
rh.n J;d sonaoncfuded
This hothm thm teribly. Sifinrein d Indid
rcqrau.dr nd lheir homein Hachrev, €st
Lndon, aierodqsit to drebamcl's,G€ofi
sk
lvhy won t somebodyput +ir hud!
upMd say,Y8, you sonw.s DudeFd ? r u
;ll vou whv- b€dule theamy hs Pu(lnat
s"dde Le;n my so-' bs toe-d retusesto
tale it ofi. Sone people tav I n a g.ievirg
hfier dd l n bittar td tMst€d, bur I n not
biner dd i'n not twjsted, I just wt to loow
the bntl. And ,ll ofthe signspoint to ny son
he nain enrra.c€ to De€pctrt
ofhcialtlnoM
bmcl€insE€y
as rb€ Princess Royel Bmacks,
Deepcui- is oftfl PmtecledbYtwo
teenagerecruit, caFYinglrttle more
ihm tothes mi clipbouds onlv ihoseag€d
17Jds md six mdrns or old€r de elowed
to iryweapons ahe uea smou ndug the
bo6es
lus€ hoses
wealtiry ldg€
6 d:iscre€dy
dirre€dy wealtht:
bracis is
aboud, closeto ndjvirh sared&i@ys
c;;d_gou cous6 The M25 is re&hab1€
withi! a quarier ot d hou.
T h e f a m i l i e sa r e n o t h a P P Yw i t h l h e
Ceotr dd Dide Grat, the Pde.ts or
at leadone
dother dead)oMs Deep.ditcruit,,have hounesleld thusfBr,althoDgh
Sun€t Poiice
s;ect of rhe investrgstiont by"final
accomsnied meon a rs udd med eer
reporrHe h,s be€n welcomed:lheir
h$faiher,diedaeed17inseptmber2001
incidenGhadbeenobs6Fd wi$ joining lne amY te erTosed a .atalogue of bullying
h. v,s a bov H. mu,t haveweLchedthe Mrhin the bmacks. Ite No MoD bord! ot
inquirv Dio the F6l two deathsrePod€dthe
@ruiEnd ;d@ sOtina sars hi! {ath(
r,;b;r known Lhen.and Lttle elee Two
we drive m a loop uosd tle bmacls
eDons focus€donthe my's dutt
it
whitehal
miehterTe't
vhrchde smsllerthe vou
.i.e.p] towardsre@iis to ensft qrlneEbl€
ial€s only ten ninlles Wepdl' nw LheoE
Bui the
e6 de!s,wha€ tnebodesofceofcn, md voueders dont @mnit suicid€
idDli€s fel th€seinquines de locl€d into a
hier lmd Colin$n w€refoud lhebuid
grevour.ebrod ''suicid€mindsef od do nothng ro lell thd
ins'sasmaLsqui. delached
lwouded bv somelmdsmpedgftn uea! hN dd wht their childr€n died
Geoff GnY hs shoM me eltrads tron
A thi.k, bdba.C-wirtopPed fen@ofec Uttle
pdLeclionto itspdineter Thelfge gat€swe corespondencehe obtuned betw€entbe
r}aL,even
sroDat@ uDoteded ed sedodyoncere_ polie dd amy which indsted
the Poli.e
of
t}e
in"estigations,
b€tore
one
wr
*here
ou
son
s
fl€t
noi:ial occcions.
wuld be
food dead. eys Ceo6, Pointinettuougnine t€liev€d s end r€suh ofsuicide
lhe outcome.But rhe Coli$ons od Gnvs
ferce to a comer Na ,€d a tdge tree dd
doth* fence.Bevond that is a cnck€r Pitch bav€recendyb@ncontact€dby srev lolice
vlich bordeb a civild housing estate The .ffi..n md dked onesrjons,i.diating thdt
baftck cm b€ enteredliom a multitude of s@e sort of invesrigationis still continuing
Th@ havebeeninquesh into th,re. out or
loations. indudrngnedbi w@ds' oroE the
@
Sem
Bentont
althousl
bncLed *alls ol the lonsing developnent the fou d@!hs.
of ch€rrl
lror€ction is mininal Ask tor a tour of the m.orded )! sucid€. ile dea$s
g i v e no p e n
w
e
r
e
C
r
a
y
a
n
d
C
e
o
f
{
blt
log,on
I
a
m
e
t
udl
rebdtr
the
MoD
pl&e dd
vox,
Imes Colinsors deathl* stiXto
roile i ntemetdd you@ doMrMdatugNY verdrcL!.
r. r[. subi€ciolu inqu€st.A]tnonehthe 6si
cl€rge
debned nap eee of
N. sooner have we arriv€d $a. two inou€sts took little n;r€ tnd an hour to be
coun in
soldeE DUIup Dside LhegaL€sin a @ can oD;neddd closed.the coroners
wh€n it eventuw e h d Dv o u ? " $ e ys h o u t O d s o n d i e d i n woljn{ €Dects Collinsont,
*eek.
here ;J w€ re qsiting pnvaklv shod! "lh ta-k;s;lac. Lola.t at lesr three
ihe Fniles clain the nquaLs,LEedvneu
DiMe Cray.ThesoldeE absorbtheir'loma
h,vevFlded moreque'ions thanthev bave
tion. Mve, then l€ale s rastr tneYalnd
lor exmple:
TheirstNod€atls droseof SemB.nton 6sw;r€d. Tal€ s€d Benton!,
little ms.jred aboutthe bulyinele sufered,
:nd chenllm€s, in l99s
ot v.L otler m€di, mvesbe,lionshavesugge5led
south€ndof th€b@cks ThelaterdeaLhs
cenff Grav and Ines C.lmson happened ihd bamck buUi6 @uld hae nurdeEd Lhen
Also,Sd
stld netes of eachother at Lhelorth etrd- vicm md cdd€d up thehllugs
A bonulr msconceDtionis that the dead Bentm wasfoud 'ith frv€bdlei s in his toEo
Lhree
uponesideud Mon Lheo$er-sd
re"ldirs**e roud lmokms,bdceoE
,nd Imes were foud within a stone'stltow t h e r er , , e r i o u s d F p u L ea m o n gb a l l G l i c r
wting to krl
of tie ofli.es me$ In Jdess es€ 160 eeeds oar whetl.r lom@ne
ssault
duestsvere in the messat a wed.rbg recep_ th;belves coulddoths wiih the SA80
ion NoroneMqrcltoned onedrd.ontact rine h€ is alleaedto ]Eve us€d
Tr€W tlutei a Terional AmY sldiq
the CollinsonslaLerto saythev d h.ard a gun:
K*aldywho s@ed in thereg'nd s-iv
fton
they
inieryiryed
only then v*
I;nes s bodv ms foud done someEees, from i995'2000. ld€w Ss vhen thet were
v;ds Eom !h; btrsvmain road: G€oA' bodt
lrod top,Jima.dYrcnneCotLinson
;as lteralv in lhe openwhenrt Ms fomd Ctockwis€
Janes;lh€
althe!dvesideoltheirson
betw€d a fte md tha p€rimetd re.@ Anv
docmdis r€v€alit tookr€paled sedchesio Deepculadry bana.*sln sun€vr Prival€riqhll
se.ondlrcm
find hin, yet he wds in an ma tne sedcn lam€. coltinsontlrcnl d,
10ftEBER^LDMAGAaNET'6G
bofi ar DeD.ul. lte rcdtls inslan@sofhuly_
ina dd er5 hedd S@ were vtdm of one
nut he clm tht
*-roor o6ia r wtiqir.
2a ho6 befor Sem s d€athhe Ms in rovisl
geiaMy
fom.'Tou @uldnurd* sonmne ad
'frhe back
with it at DeDcut," saF Hutei
Eate@ opetrrfd be asy to geta fw ruds
;EMdlea;e tesL.'ge als ax€cesUat @pon
od almdition logbook were in&cuate:
''Cetlrnc a ft,pon @ easy Aiid Sed s
dath, headds.aibrnrJecol]egue toldlimltN
''ihey rere all r8ld i.lo a @n dd 6ven a
'His latnmorr ofs€mPs,
stdito sti& to.
''H; strn€d Lappy bee$€ !€ P6 ahotrtto
heryllm6 ! hndy sat LheYdmve
ta reach the
thEueh a blizld
inolesr inro her dath, dly b nnd
th; prceedin$ had starteddly. A
vFl tFftJr€thecm€is colm aen
@ened, amordins ro docmdts |hey later
.h-".d
tj'€ amt bad hd defi clasified *
suicide Nobodrloos whal her lbte ofnind
6. Hd lati4, Des,saJ5d€b tn€ mosl bdic
foHric lash w noLdoneo thebody,which
to the
I
foud with a singlegusbot mmd
"lh€re is no
lac€ ud a nne Uing netrby
widoF thartherine ,ctuauyldled m, dauEh
L€r'he sas, 'Even if it ihd, there! alsono
sderce;h€ actuatlyfrFd it. tvho ,!ked
rhe 6ct she
*hat evide.ce th@ is ro supporr
'N@e
@lmjtred !tricide he sa)6.
Th.F hrve beenclaimsrn the mediath3t
Ch€ry|v6 *xual] erJdsd or hassed while
aLDaeDcut Whl€ hs father r€s this njd't
hav€ bid d,e cse, h€ looss or no lolid
aiden@. What bed@slow is rbariNtances
ofhoEilic ablse ar D€e!.Dl including sexMl
abus, weE detailed in a sllft, Policeinves
ti@tion wlnch @eiv€d Mdespr€ad pubLicity
in Novenber 2004.The police r€corded 173
atle4tion, of brutd1ity, mcludine nine of
aleted mDe. Lol€nt incidantsincludeda
rec;uir b;,trs fored to swim throuch a
cespool;@e beDgNault€d bYagsg w€r
ing gx nslc Md dorher beinghug @t ol
a windw 40 fel abow lne grud
In October 2004.t€slie Skner a fomer
Fdmg ituhutorat De€por, w tmd guiltv
betw€en1992ed r99Z His wicribs were ,I
ared betw€en17ed 2r rhr€e ot the atiacks
NmeoldEsealesad@i
tmdatD€epdr.
incidentsorasiultswodd havemetoLA}lt
badnot thepd€nrs of the lod remits who
died d DdFat b6 Fesing lor m$d
WhenD6 Jme! visit€d Depcut to seetl€
sene oi chiryls death. he sa)5 he ws
IASKED:'H0WISY0UR
DEEPCUT:IH
BASICFACTS
Des J.nes
with a PhotograDh
h.e aid a rirle ly nq iearby rheE rP
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'WHAI
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,he,.
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IHEOFFICER
SAID:
s€ai Bsbnaidcher/Jam6
ft e*
E*iru*",lu
lrVlltLbeiD-tr.z-tiltE.B_0Dx-*"x*ffi
0ilE-$H0I'DBAW.Y-0.UR
;"'l,xl;n*l.tn*ri:*rffi,"',t1;
C(INCLUSI0NS'
OWN
r""j:-*n*Hiy,;r*1rr:*:
-J[tcotults{lll
hav€vmished. "A fenale oser at the Po
nort€n r€called this very clffilt" eis Des,
-Jrt dother m,le ofier
[6lso present]
mndn t ftnenber dris. Ite lemal€ viti'€ss
ct€dlr recollected hm{Uins, Iabetlng dd
flils rhe bullet, yet n has dever ben seen
again. Is lhis bugline amy ph.ti@ or a
conspincy?D6 isnl sft. ThemsBd
Dmuedii. hesvs the inquesrinto che'vl 3
a.r$ lru rcpp€d up D 60 -i",Les AnoPen
"SEev Polie's initial involvenent was
zerc." D;s adds.A civilid paliceforce shodd
tu d inqunr into anydeol onmilitary prcF
ertv. but ;th De@l tls€ is mm fo doubt
ah;ut wh€ther thii occmd etrectively.It is
now lqom that thee bad b€en at lest ta
reord€d suicide attenpts,t the bmcks >
Polea€nMbei9nwniqa'.dby
Bdhded'si|hthe!kmsoibulymg
byAdami96m'iheamdi0re5
frlbe6i|edoutby'hehlmanIghb
r.6.6rHEHRroMsdNE
1l
STORY
COVER
> LetNscn the dealh ofscd Denk,n hJunc
r995 and arat oI Chc.yl lames in Novcnber
{he sme vea., ^.d since 1995 the L.rmcks
hrlcneldi3 courls na.tial lor !..lcni L,ehi!
iour let. in spne olhariog ahadv de,trvrth
death olsean lsnton, thc
rhp..ntovsial
dmv +ill mor. or less i.ok charge on rhc
src;ndvhen.horyl,lhr' fhc tunP \F'n t
s l n t n o N n b 3 \ L cl l o r c n n ( l t P d ' L l r l n l t , l e
"Nothing Nas done i'
Dlace." cl trx D.s
;rlcdreaic. surey PDlice lEvc admittcd thal
n years later the cnys Nere lett
rvilh $mila. concc.ns. lhcY too
fFL' g \en nn nlomDt, nP.io,_i'
t h P L r. . n s i n q d e s t 3, n , r r r e t h t
had beentold thoYdidn t
ldres.\
.e.rrirc leg.l ..PresentlLioD Ten ninrtcs
[einrc \f evcntinto $e inquP{, rve Mrc told.
There s a ule oipapers lrom thc coroner's
.fncoi I rninlyoid Letterr.ad thei.."s.vs
Disne Clray.She clains lhat aml Ntncsscs
{ho.ntered tho dock ivere otcn! corchcd
dd D.omDtedvia legrLsdvisers
Thc Lrajrr.ipt of thc proc.{dines, nevor
s c . n p u b l i t L Jh r [ . \ l i d ' b ' n s F x d ' , o l t
ft\eiis thJterrher htc !t n cl'ror 'rl) in trr'
norni'a ofSeprcnber 17.2001. shots Nerc
nP$RtDeep tr onc
he-d n;, Lhe;6*^
\ o l d ' . r r . J j u n r r r o u ' p d t u r . C P . l t C i J yN h '
naa be.n on pxtrol shials mu.d ih. nessmarked
Acco.di.g to MoD d.cuder*
''renii.icd rvhic} I bavebecn slrom, oneol
LieoffslouPrcuc! sJrn hrlPd ir JlterlrPaF
r o E A r 5 h . t s M d L p d \l m g C n n i \ v r s m $ i n g
rt',ihe.ho,Led T m r.Fd! | rm n J,lv.ro
yh'
killl $hcn.le'l'.LJ Lr r s.nioi .rl Lor
, n i r . d o n t h c s c e n e .T h e s x n . o l i c e r ' s
thathismen on a lhird $veep
er.idencestates
ol$eaEa,havinglailcd lolocaie(;.ofsbodl
'nrfomed ne llit ihey had s.cn n'oven.nl
Dd h.dd voicp! inside thc lcnce aFa This
oGcerlalerspoke lo an.Lhersoldic.shtroned
l t h . s J t . s h " t " l . l L t r L i t l r c 'l , r l s P . n s u n*
b o d yf r n G o L nh f t t o . g l ' r d h q l n J L y t r . o ' s
pilch trhich adjorns thc.Iircos
rn.itckd
mP* 1 'npounn \no hP 'tJtcmeith m J
p f , i t . b r l , s ' n t l ' i si r l * ' l \ ' ' e o n . n n n ! r C
DssDrterhcse chnns. the dmy arth..itres
insisteil cso[ Cny had .omnifrcd suicrdPand
discouted anv Lhird panYhvolv.nBnl ]?t
eeoHtnldn'P
m"drsroh; muth.; 'rc
r$
'oe!!le
H . , l " l nhid , a m rlr. hL,lA.' 3r" 'nd LIe
I [* " Nh. rh.r *e,€ - "h' rl,ev
{er€ thcre lte 5aidolber soldi.6 sonetimos
'
camcd suckssiihllEn jL,siin c.se
rLnoiher pecrlia.ity lion ihc 'nquesi ]v^s
rhe m.nLjon of a m)sGnoB neue dFrglL to
bs M hs}nm. Nho had tsned ur, 3t tl,e gates
eadicr in the e\eninc seekingcnlrr.CeofrMd
hes.id hc
.".rhersoldidhld.onGonle.lhim
NasnL. soldicr bui lN.d on lheb3s3 II' lhe
amv s o{T ren.icted d..unenh, th. nd rs
rec;dcd as h'vins beol drunk .nd dccP\'
rbusire lo ths voung ldie$ \|h.n asked
Nhal thelroblem N$L!a s.nnnoficei he
reDllcd: rhesc . s wont lct me inb nI
li._,sc." lle lxt.r shoured ilEL lhe sotdiers
'uselcssl e$" Iihasbee. dainedihi!
Nsre
nanvas a civilimnremanb$ed.r l)..pcrt:
:unl indc.d n'.li m cmplotee lvas b.sed thcre,
thc
the onlv one olhis kin.l in th3 Uli.ll'i
fmilv firvc also heard il sucqc{cdilrl rnis
tlPmd{asmhullla
stoNis a.ovorDdd
f"-;pr r.d{,..over soldier\!hod sorved in
Norlher. iieland ind {as hcing easedb3ck
into nom.l milii:ry lne.
^ scrar.ie niliLary sou.ce Nho s.ned ai
Dccpcurin lhe mid r990s.and Nho askednoi
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tob€ide,nedtoldneofsucbsoflicdwho
Ms besed tlEre 6 Darr ofa eadiutnent
tue clained rin, lm @
Drcaffie.Ihe
ianutled *boreg,ldlydinbed,Mterto*€r
:r DemL dd sDied on soldie6 witn a
tetes;ic rine sisli In the ofEcial trusolt
eon d; in@*t. aothd soldier n ecorded
as saJ.ngrb',t after GeoEaccmpm€d the
drunl€n ad ebusN€ Inshmd" into the
bamck' bedmed s!,bted ud sbted tlEt
he tholehr he !a5 rxA or romelbrng like
lher'. Signi6@tlr, at no tin€ duing the
otr'onlan@ or relaying ofthe md inb tne
btr'lding dd heiilebt t hmer s a frl€lib
€ on abuie and
l n s l e a d . h e p r l e d a l d !'tDuse'
irside ihe
dmmded acre$ to li
o6cd m€ss ta.ility. Repeat€dafl€mPts to
hck doM thE l]w hav€failed
one oI the bi@elr ,hocksfd rhe bmnv Ms
leroc at the;qu€st lhatcFoEhadnot one
rni tu; bdl€r-h..les in his forehead. Thev
then
odliln t ak for a nrylost-mortm.tue
son bad b€en@nared but do not a@pt he
kil€dhin*U. rhere s@ o$d oddnd}3 d
his body tm. The {bnily sp€ci6@Iy askedto
se rhei! dead 5on.but wletr thev Mined
hnn thev noticed he had mtrk! doud hi!
neckandt Dronoucedblackeve lsddto
hin, tt look; tileld re ban in, fuht, boniy
lad, saF Geo6,brsqod! at onre chiling dd
affectio;ate."None ofit look€dridt."
Lelt Ge.tlandDlaneGEvMnttoknowlh€
rruthaioltrheirsonGeollsdoath.abde:
4en asa boyeeoff Grayw.nted lo bea soGier
Four d.ys .fter the 6ray5 had beentaced
*ith a nes of@nnicd{ eviddc fton ftd
soD! indn6t, ihe C,llinsom in Perthlemed
th€ir so; had died at Deep.ui. lmes vas
foud daad6!m a tincle esshoL wosd ns
vhere ceoss bodyMr dis@er€d Hehad
mas
ih€ seodic6
benEbIffaj@d
As;j!, the; is .onflictins eudenc€ about
hN dd whm he died. The cdEal odditv h
the 6d he shothinerat aI since,be€u* he
nontlts, he Msn t
Ms ud€r 17v6 dd six"vvh.t
thet nitialv
old oough toi:rry a riJle.
told ne w,! that hed been in $e eurd_
iouse ud he d boNed a sun, sayshonne
'Ihd tlEy chdCed it ad stid he'd
Collinson,
bomved a gu fton a ou€ague.
No sDeciallor€nsic inu€stigationwas
cmied ;uL folowins Lh€d€ath ud, lile rhe
oth6, Ims @ im€diar€t clased bY th€
amy as a sui.ide victin. The hnjlt were
aD;lled. Th€re B no conlacttiih Srev
14 .lavs after
P;tie util I contaded tbem
'Ard then they
Jmes di€d, says Yvonne
.'me to n€ witi tle adrud€: aou son has
Liledhimself-qet ov€rit.'
d Im€st body ro test
sMb ddi;tions
for senal asault provedneg,Liveon the
adqce of th€ Gny fanlt, wirh whm lney d
mde ontad, tIe Collinsonsdid not remde
then son. which allNed then to hav€ his
emins exlMed in 2002 for Pathologisrs
from Glssq Uni6iry ro rRxmine tl'en
Evidene ;mdsed showg the rin€ toud on
hjr FM. hadb*tr Dlacedintohis handestt€r
fic; di€d. rhere;a. also evidencehe d
suffeed a brcl@ jaw bef@ heB hled.
''I'11r€Utou hov th€ Bntish amv treated
-Thrre dty5 alitr
'", "uyr ji- coll,"ro.
Imes s fderal I ph@€d DeeFut dd sloke
to a senioroft€r I said, HNhtouinvesti
gariongoinginto my sons dath? He $id,
lvhar inestigati@? On€ body.oneshot.dF$
vou om conclu,ids.fiar's whaLI ws rold
the Bntish @v deal
;. rhe.lme ltarslN
wiLh y;u They Civeyou a Ered Fr€rd den
ajierudds they drcp yon tle a hot polato
Or rEybe not BotI $e CoIDMs dd th€
cd*hPlwe thevhaw rendvb€en uder
!n;e .nce N€isibo6 ofthe cnF in Haclnev saw two men in suir! by then houseat
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' ScotlandYardha imtaled a panicbtrttonin
thei hone. Tbe Colinsons had tlen }oue
sspt by lolim for bueeagnevics a ldp
ud thone w€redesbYed. Drme udY rd
Yvome Couinsd elch h€ard a rcice on then
eachoihq
Dhonewh€n they were talking to"Didvou{et
;bout DeeDdt af€nalewho eid$aa whe; ihey eid a sening soldieis ]rme.
The cd* ale remdv le@ed ihat one of
Aen r(m;fosrddd&;
hadbetr onracted
bv suftv Polce dd sl{ed about ther
ulbring;s The, ry tbey md di,-e'{Gter
child w drstsBFd at the nahft ol tne qu*
to ihe
tions,od de *dinsfom.I{lnplaints
hd€pendent Polie Conplaints Comission-
he alDoinhnentof the well-h()M
hm; nshs lawer NidDld Blale
m;dererlentFiw
octo coriduct
oithe ddrB hs bed weL,medbv
soneofthe6niU6. Ofioncm nthe
reluctance of Fru* sv@, one of the IGY
wibr4ses, to testit belorert. Swr js rheonly
indepddent exped to hare enteed Depet:
he spe six w*ts thm @fyirE out tesls in
sPed6jJauuy 200s.In the!sr, ttF balistiF
'\lJastul
Ft hs sdd he ftlt the da$r urc
he is going
Ftbd tbd suicids: nry,l()vmr,
on tle re@rdto sayrbeywm nunter
ln m uDubUshed lctt€r to Blalc, DNed ro
ne by r s'ourceclose to tle inveatigatior,
"I have no inrdtior olletting
Srun wftes:
tne MoD sd the gwerment valk awaY'
tmm tle iniutice of D€@tut
dd oth€. aj@
_aleeed
suicides or
cmpr inv;lved in lhe
voDs remils ... which I m satisfiedwft D
ird;rd*d."
tn conclusionhesrates:Tou
enenies * ndy dd strdg Dd }old high
ofrce, dd every bit of inlombon wil be
IinCteeth."
exbact€d,nd*like
Duing sdersl intewim with ne, Swam
clained aI fou re@irs at D@pdt were
nurdmd. IIis dclusion, hesaF, is lased on
In
scientiic €yidencenow ir his posessi@.
"no
rhe 6e of s€D B.nron, he alleges, my
shootirg alp€rrs codd do tbe shot pattm.
the Ea@ will not allo{ it."
ct€ryllmd,hesarE, al€g€dltshoth*r
in rhe e)t. Agdn, li(e Be on, shealegedy
used the sA80. Ite @rEidses should h8re
*it€d on the righLhed side olld face but
!
llvthe wncd@.lt
Ithdl wloudintot
ianirirllv udcrm u *c,inmi cei tor them
to sh@athmsdG in the elt. [s relyhed
ofi! US police 66. Usu.lly ifthe shot js in
tbe eyeit n6s ii'e nud*
''!ve slso did vrious r€sts to sbN she
lvine d(]M when she di€d The Ddt_
6nt
do.i€; sh;wed tlat bits ot the bulets u@
fosd in hd head,wlich is very umud for
tlat kind ofmud. rtis tE}es ne suspectit
€n i e sA80 that @ usedto hll Id "lP
As for CeofiGrayl @e, S\mn clains,
ws shotaboveach aebrcq wlici is wirrualv inoo$ible to reDfute b@u* hemdd
haE sbJied dropp;s d<M ILothe Smudl
withot a doubt,le 6 murderEd.Sir ruds
were 6rcd dd .ix carhidgp @ss v@ foDd
at tle sde. No nngprprintn'g or otner bsts
were eq dm€ on the su. Youc@ot do this
to )osef- The bmel of dte crln w slNed
'
inlo hs f,@. Ite p$itioning w sb_aige.
n. dras simild conclusiobeabauta third
Drtv beinE Dresebr ar lmes collineon 5
;t.'ri
ln r,hr;mse he shootshinseu uder
the chin. But when y@ hle [in this *emio]
you've got airbone bl@d in iine drcpletsi
th€re's a 6ne nin of blmd, if ]@ lik€. ri
slould snnoud hin, but it doesn't- There
€ deiritely a tbidpdt] ldFeling alongside
Swafi's claitu, it .hould be eid, so I sbowed
Dr lmes Thome, frcm Lhe UniversnY of
o{ torcnsic.. a cop,
Stothclyde s delethst
ofoe oftbe reportsSsEtr miSinaxt gep,red
for rhe fmilies [t] n uique in my 3n"yd
"the@dusioroN
.RrnenF ThmsE.
but n rsdinculr b s*
ctd ed uj@biAb;
now they de d;ved fton the indins - the
hct@l b€sisforthe conclcions is nisins. This
that
slyleolprese ation is vert diffftnt jiom
'sw,
demuded in scidtinc presentations.
howad. ba dained to arl6t oner€lativeof
a D€dut ucbn I spoketo thathedeubotely
prese;ied obtusdtad hndi,ss to contue rhe
adnontres. He told ne he *ould only presmt
publicinquiry,od that
histulnndinestoafi
he fded if he Dresmtedibd i anyaltmatire setti4 theiuthoriti€s wdd 6nd a MJ of
rubbishingor ignoftg the ryidene
He 'ko r.ld me rh€ scientifrc meterial he
clains backsup his explosiveclains h* bed
opied onto "CDs which e€ distriblted inter
mtionalr". The sme clain @ mde in his
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BAUFNCS
St.ndingnexttotheirson 5 gravein P€rth,
Yvonne ed lin Collinson are preoccnpied
"Our
with the basicquestionsabouthis deadr
sonG fomd with son@ne elses gu acos
hscbest.'sarst(ode.'HeMsneveriNed
'
wfth a tu ; $e niqnt he died.
Ai diey teDdJMe! s eE e on dte bleat est
oI sDtuc davs. thev ecal bow o.€ f€male
od;t at ihe-h,n€.Jwept rhroushthe*hole
cqenony. Orly IMes, the elding father,
noticedheri i! @ he{ho srepredforwud to
bdd her his henldeto wip€ aMy the t@s.
For! norent he md l&tnne snil€ toCetn€r
'It€n they gl,nce mud the
at the mmory
gnveJard.
Tnere m no b€n@lent
deelate
htll]h g6hrs today.Jusrmqd€t dosts 6d
Not aI of tle famili6 de onvinced by
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