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There is insufficient evidence to prosecute any US soldier over the death of ITN journalist Terry Lloyd in Iraq, the Crown Prosecution Service has said. | There is insufficient evidence to prosecute any US soldier over the death of ITN journalist Terry Lloyd in Iraq, the Crown Prosecution Service has said. |
Mr Lloyd was shot dead in March 2003 on the outskirts of Basra. The fatal shot came from an American weapon. | Mr Lloyd was shot dead in March 2003 on the outskirts of Basra. The fatal shot came from an American weapon. |
A coroner ruled in 2006 that Mr Lloyd, 50, was unlawfully killed by troops and called for charges against them. | A coroner ruled in 2006 that Mr Lloyd, 50, was unlawfully killed by troops and called for charges against them. |
A CPS spokesman said he understood the news would be "very upsetting" for the family and friends of Mr Lloyd. | A CPS spokesman said he understood the news would be "very upsetting" for the family and friends of Mr Lloyd. |
At the inquest in October 2006, the coroner said the troops shot Mr Lloyd in the head while he was in a makeshift ambulance, having already been hurt in crossfire. | |
Mr Lloyd's interpreter Hussein Osman was also killed and his cameraman Fred Nerac is missing, believed dead, following the shooting. | |
The names of 16 US marines who were present when Mr Lloyd was killed were revealed by ITN in March last year. | |
ITN said the names were provided by a "marine source" and that one of the named men "almost certainly" fired the shot that killed Mr Lloyd. | |
A CPS spokesman said there was insufficient evidence for a successful prosecution. | |
"I understand that this will be very upsetting news for the family and friends of Mr Lloyd but I can reassure them that every care was taken in pursuing lines of inquiry and reviewing the evidence," he added. |
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