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| Killed reporter 'keen' about Iraq | |
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| ITN's Terry Lloyd was "keen to get going" into Iraq days before he was killed on a road to Basra in the south in March 2003, an inquest has heard. | ITN's Terry Lloyd was "keen to get going" into Iraq days before he was killed on a road to Basra in the south in March 2003, an inquest has heard. |
| Newsreader Sir Trevor McDonald told the court he met Mr Lloyd for breakfast in Kuwait two days before his death. | Newsreader Sir Trevor McDonald told the court he met Mr Lloyd for breakfast in Kuwait two days before his death. |
| The last time he saw him was again in Kuwait, on the morning of his death. Mr Lloyd was killed later that day after crossing the border into Iraq. | |
| Sir Trevor was the first witness at the inquest at Oxford's Old Assizes. | Sir Trevor was the first witness at the inquest at Oxford's Old Assizes. |
| Sir Trevor described Mr Lloyd as "a good friend" whom he had known for 20 years. | Sir Trevor described Mr Lloyd as "a good friend" whom he had known for 20 years. |
| Inactivity didn't suit him well. He was rather keen to get going Sir Trevor McDonald | Inactivity didn't suit him well. He was rather keen to get going Sir Trevor McDonald |
| He described him as "the journalist's journalist" and "not a risk taker". | |
| "He was very professional, he regarded every job as a special assignment. | |
| "He was utterly dedicated and his experience in the field was valued not only by us at ITN but by all his colleagues." | |
| Sir Trevor had been sent to Kuwait at the start of the war in Iraq to present the news and had been staying in the same hotel as Mr Lloyd, the court heard. | |
| He told coroner Andrew Walker that at their breakfast meeting Mr Lloyd had been "anxious" to cross the border into Iraq. | |
| "Inactivity didn't suit him well," Sir Trevor added. "He was rather keen to get going." | "Inactivity didn't suit him well," Sir Trevor added. "He was rather keen to get going." |
| Sir Trevor had known Mr Lloyd for 20 years, he told the inquest | |
| The last time Sir Trevor had seen his friend alive was on the morning of 22 March 2003, when he had seen him in the underground car park of the hotel. | |
| Sir Trevor told the inquest that initial reports of his friend's death had been confused and that it had taken some days to find out what had actually happened. | |
| French cameraman Fred Nerac and Lebanese translator Hussein Osman were with Mr Lloyd when they were apparently caught in crossfire between Iraqi and US forces. | |
| The remains of Mr Osman were found while Mr Nerac is still classed as missing. | |
| Award-winning journalist | |
| A fourth colleague, Daniel Demoustier, survived the incident and had later returned to the ITN base in Kuwait. | |
| "He was in a state of considerable shock," Sir Trevor said. | |
| "He looked very dishevelled, like he had been through a pretty horrifying experience." | |
| Sir Trevor also told the coroner he had later been called on to formally identify Mr Lloyd's body. | |
| Mr Walker said this had been "very sad". | |
| Mr Lloyd began his career in the Midlands before joining ITN in 1983. | Mr Lloyd began his career in the Midlands before joining ITN in 1983. |
| He went on to become one of the most experienced journalists in the network, taking on assignments in Lebanon and Cambodia, as well as an award-winning stint in Kosovo. | He went on to become one of the most experienced journalists in the network, taking on assignments in Lebanon and Cambodia, as well as an award-winning stint in Kosovo. |
| His funeral was held in Cuddington, Buckinghamshire, in April 2003. | His funeral was held in Cuddington, Buckinghamshire, in April 2003. |