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A coroner yesterday criticised the hours that soldiers are expected to work in combat operations. Oxford coroner Nicholas Gardiner said sleep deprivation was likely to have played a 'major part' in a crash that killed 22-year-old Fusilier Stephen Jones in a car crash while serving in Iraq.
He said Fusilier Jones, from Denbigh, was unlikely to have had any proper rest for two days when the Land Rover he was driving left the road south of Al Amarah on September 10 last year.See the full content of this document
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Fatigue 'Played a Part' in Fusilier's Iraq Death-Crash
After the inquest Fusilier Jones's 20-year-old wife Zoe said her husband had written to her frequently complaining he was not able to rest enough while serving wi...
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