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| Army supply 'chaos' proved fatal | Army supply 'chaos' proved fatal |
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| A coroner has ruled that an Army logistics failure led to the unlawful killing of a Scottish soldier in Iraq. | A coroner has ruled that an Army logistics failure led to the unlawful killing of a Scottish soldier in Iraq. |
| Gordon Gentle, 19, of the Royal Highland Fusiliers (RHF), was killed by a roadside bomb in Basra in June 2004. | |
| Selena Lynch, assistant deputy coroner, said bomb disabling device Element B was not supplied to Fusilier Gentle's regiment when it should have been. | Selena Lynch, assistant deputy coroner, said bomb disabling device Element B was not supplied to Fusilier Gentle's regiment when it should have been. |
| She said: "It is more likely than not that the bomb would not have detonated had Element B been fitted." | She said: "It is more likely than not that the bomb would not have detonated had Element B been fitted." |
| Electronic counter measures (ECMs) were in theatre weeks before Fusilier Gentle's death. | Electronic counter measures (ECMs) were in theatre weeks before Fusilier Gentle's death. |
| However, due to a communications breakdown they were fitted to RHF vehicles just hours after he died. | However, due to a communications breakdown they were fitted to RHF vehicles just hours after he died. |
| The store in which the kits were being held was about 1km - just over half a mile - from where the RHF were stationed, at Shaibah logistics base on the edge of Basra, the inquest heard. | The store in which the kits were being held was about 1km - just over half a mile - from where the RHF were stationed, at Shaibah logistics base on the edge of Basra, the inquest heard. |
| The ECMs arrived in theatre on 12 June. | The ECMs arrived in theatre on 12 June. |
| It was not until the evening of 28 June, following Fusilier Gentle's death, that RHF vehicles began to be fitted with the ECM devices. | It was not until the evening of 28 June, following Fusilier Gentle's death, that RHF vehicles began to be fitted with the ECM devices. |
| The coroner said the inquest at Oxford heard that the Army's in-theatre supply chain "appeared chaotic and lacking in clarity". | The coroner said the inquest at Oxford heard that the Army's in-theatre supply chain "appeared chaotic and lacking in clarity". |
| Ms Lynch also branded the Ministry of Defence's policies for disclosure of evidence to her inquest "illogical and based on errors of law". | Ms Lynch also branded the Ministry of Defence's policies for disclosure of evidence to her inquest "illogical and based on errors of law". |
| Rose Gentle, from Pollok, in Glasgow, has blamed Army neglect for her son's death. | Rose Gentle, from Pollok, in Glasgow, has blamed Army neglect for her son's death. |