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| SAS selection deaths: Static reservist not spotted 'for two hours' | SAS selection deaths: Static reservist not spotted 'for two hours' |
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| More than two hours passed before a soldier spotted a reservist on a fatal SAS selection exercise had stopped moving, an inquest has heard. | More than two hours passed before a soldier spotted a reservist on a fatal SAS selection exercise had stopped moving, an inquest has heard. |
| L/Cpl Craig Roberts, from Conwy county, died during the Brecon Beacons march on one of the hottest days of 2013. | L/Cpl Craig Roberts, from Conwy county, died during the Brecon Beacons march on one of the hottest days of 2013. |
| L/Cpl Edward Maher and Cpl James Dunsby also collapsed and later died. | L/Cpl Edward Maher and Cpl James Dunsby also collapsed and later died. |
| On Tuesday, a soldier in charge of monitoring devices carried by the men said he was too busy to notice two had stopped. | |
| The soldier, known only as 1C, told coroner Louise Hunt it was his first exercise with the unit but he had used the tracking system before. | |
| He said each participant had a tracker which sent co-ordinates, or "pinged", back to a satellite every 10 minutes. These were then shown on a laptop screen. | |
| Speaking at the hearing in Solihull, West Midlands, 1C said he "can't remember" if a "slow-mover" alarm, which flagged up when soldiers halted, was activated that day. | |
| A map tracking the movements of L/Cpl Maher showed he became static at 14:16 BST, while soldier 1C said he had not noticed until 16:40. | |
| "I can't concentrate on one specific student because we've got other students that are tired, fatigued, that I've got to keep an eye on too. | |
| "The only thing I can say is we were sat watching the rest of the students," he added. | |
| Soldier 1C said directing staff had not said anyone was "under any duress". | |
| "My attention got drawn to other people on the test," he said. | |
| 'Not good enough' | |
| The coroner also put to 1C that Cpl Dunsby had stopped moving at 15:17 - a fact only noticed at 16:40, according to records. | |
| 1C said Cpl Dunsby had been "covering good distance downhill" and no concerns had been raised about him by checkpoint staff. | |
| The soldier said he had been monitoring the screen, with breaks, for nine hours, but pointed out he had previously undertaken 36-hour shifts while on operational duty. | |
| L/Cpl Roberts, 24, from Penrhyn Bay, L/Cpl Maher, 31, from Winchester, Hampshire, and Cpl Dunsby, 31, from Trowbridge, Wiltshire, were carrying 50lbs (22kg) of equipment during the march. | |
| On Monday, a senior SAS official said a risk assessment for the exercise was "not good enough". | |
| The inquest continues. |