Fact check
Is it true: David Kelly death (Jul 17 2003, Oxfordshire)?
Partly — it's more complicated than the claim suggests.
Hutton Inquiry 2003 ruled suicide: haemorrhage from severed left ulnar artery + co-proxamol toxicity + coronary artery disease. Kelly Investigation Group (Halpin/Frost et al.) 2010-15 challenged: ulnar artery alone insufficient for fatal blood loss; co-proxamol level sub-lethal in isolation; no fingerprints on knife. Hutton 70-year document seal later partially overturned. No alternative cause formally established. Credible medical doubt; official ruling stands.
The claim
Dr David Kelly, a UK Ministry of Defence biological weapons expert, was found dead in Harrowdown Hill woods, Oxfordshire, on 17 July 2003 after being publicly identified as the source who had told BBC
Key evidence
Medical challenge: ulnar artery alone unlikely to cause fatal blood loss
Hutton Inquiry ruled suicide: haemorrhage + co-proxamol + heart disease
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