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Deepcut deaths inquiry rejected Deepcut deaths inquiry rejected
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Armed Forces minister Bob Ainsworth has again rejected calls for a public inquiry into why four young soldiers died at the Deepcut barracks in Surrey. 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 two deaths did not change the government's position. 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 four soldiers all died of bullet wounds at the training base in separate incidents between 1995 and 2002. The soldiers were among four who died of bullet wounds in separate incidents at the base between 1995 and 2002.
They were Ptes Geoff Gray, of Seaham, Co Durham, Sean Benton, 20, of Hastings, East Sussex, James Collinson, 17, of Perth, and Cheryl James, 18, of Llangollen, Denbighshire. 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.