Dr David Kelly Found dead
0David Christopher Kelly 14 May 1944 – 17 July 2003) was a Welsh scientist and authority on biological warfare
A year after the publication of the 2002 dossier on Iraqi weapons of mass destruction—which stated that some of Iraq's chemical and biological weapons were deployable within 45 minutes—Kelly had an off-the-record conversation with Andrew Gilligan, a BBC journalist, about the claim.
The government complained to the BBC about the claim, but they refused to recant on it; political tumult between Downing Street and the BBC developed.
Kelly informed his line managers in the Ministry of Defence that he might have been the source, but did not think he was the only one, as Gilligan had reported points he had not mentioned.
Kelly's name became known to the media, and he was called to appear on 15 July before the parliamentary Intelligence and Security and Foreign Affairs select committees. Three days later Kelly was found dead near his home, having killed himself on the 17th of July, 2003.
Following Kelly's suicide Tony Blair, the Prime Minister, set up a government inquiry under Lord Hutton, a former Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland. The inquiry concluded that Kelly had killed himself. Hutton also stated that no other parties were involved in Kelly's death.
There was continued debate over the manner of Kelly's death, and the case was reviewed between 2010 and 2011 by Dominic Grieve, the Attorney General; he concluded that there was "overwhelmingly strong" evidence that Kelly had killed himself.
The manner of Kelly's death has been the subject of several documentaries and has been fictionalised on television, on stage and in print. Thom Yorke wrote the song "Harrowdown Hill" about the death of Kelly.
He was appointed as Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in 1994 and might well have been under consideration for a knighthood in May 2003, according to Hutton.
His work in Iraq earned him a nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize.
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