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| Body of UK serviceman in mix-up | Body of UK serviceman in mix-up |
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| A mix-up led to the remains of a UK serviceman killed in Afghanistan being returned in the wrong coffin, the Ministry of Defence has admitted. | A mix-up led to the remains of a UK serviceman killed in Afghanistan being returned in the wrong coffin, the Ministry of Defence has admitted. |
| It occurred after a Nimrod aircraft crashed near Kandahar in September - killing 12 airmen based at Kinloss in Moray, a soldier and a Marine. | |
| There was a "regrettable incident" but the problem was sorted out before the men's funerals, the MoD insisted. | There was a "regrettable incident" but the problem was sorted out before the men's funerals, the MoD insisted. |
| The Observer says one mother considered cancelling her son's funeral. | The Observer says one mother considered cancelling her son's funeral. |
| The men's bodies were returned home in a ceremony at Kinloss in north-east Scotland. | The men's bodies were returned home in a ceremony at Kinloss in north-east Scotland. |
| But it has emerged that at least one victim's remains had ended up in the coffin of another. | But it has emerged that at least one victim's remains had ended up in the coffin of another. |
| Trish Knight's son Ben, 25, was among those killed. She said: "We don't know how many mistakes were made over this but body parts were found in a wrong coffin and there may well have been more parts mixed up. | Trish Knight's son Ben, 25, was among those killed. She said: "We don't know how many mistakes were made over this but body parts were found in a wrong coffin and there may well have been more parts mixed up. |
| "We just thought: 'How can we go ahead if we are not sure if it's Ben's body in there or maybe somebody else's?'" | "We just thought: 'How can we go ahead if we are not sure if it's Ben's body in there or maybe somebody else's?'" |