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 On 24 June, 2003, six British Redcaps were brutally
murdered in a ruined Iraqi police station. It emerged later that the six
men may have lived if their
senior officers had followed
army rules and equipped them
properly. Pat Long’s son Paul, 24,
pleaded with his killers for mercy
by brandishing a photograph of
his baby son Ben moments
before he was shot in the head.
Today Pat, 54, is campaigning
with the relatives of the five other
victims for the officers who
failed their boys to be punished.
But she is also fighting an even
more personal battle for the right
to see her beloved grandson Ben
who she has seen only twice since
her son’s routine mission ended
in tragedy.
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When Avril James saw a dangerous criminal charging towards her with the police hot on his heels she used a plastic carrier bag take drastic action. She told Newsmonster how she brought him to justice.
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hope, but in her heart she knew her husband was dead.
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In a word “Amazing”. There’s no other way of describing these Denon
earphones. They produce wonderful sound, are built to last and look
pretty cool too.