28/06/2006
An inquest at Swindon Coroner's Court, which was heard on 27th June 2006, found that Capt Ken Masters, a senior military police investigator in Iraq, took his own life. At the time he was suffering from depression brought on by increasing workload and stress.
The Coroner, under Rule 43*, has asked the investigating officer with the SIB to make enquiries and report back in regard to the procedures in place regarding families concerned about the health of their loved ones.
*Rule 43. This permits a Coroner "who believes that action should be taken to prevent the recurrence of fatalities similar to that in respect of which the inquest is being held" to report the matter to the approriate authority.
The family were represented by Mark George , instructed by Reavey & Co solicitors, Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland
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'Suicide in Basra: The unravelling of a military man' by Ian Herbert - The Independent (30/07/06) http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article1204986.ece
Stress of army officer found hanged in Iraq - The Times (28/06/06)
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,7374-2246567.html