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Armed Forces minister Bob Ainsworth has again rejected calls for a public inquiry into the deaths of two soldiers at the Deepcut barracks in Surrey. | |
He told MPs the release of Army Board of Inquiry reports into the deaths did not change the government's position. | |
"We do not believe there is any wider public or service interest in pursuing one," he said. | "We do not believe there is any wider public or service interest in pursuing one," he said. |
The soldiers were among four who died of bullet wounds in separate incidents at the base between 1995 and 2002. | |
Mr Ainsworth rejected calls on Thursday for a public inquiry into the deaths of Ptes Geoff Gray, of Seaham, Co Durham, and James Collinson, 17, of Perth. | |
The other two soldiers who died from bullet wounds at Deepcut were Ptes Sean Benton, 20, of Hastings, East Sussex, and Cheryl James, 18, of Llangollen, Denbighshire. |