James Miller had won numerous awards for his work

Sophy Miller has been in the Middle East one year after James, father of two young children, was killed in Rafah during the making of a documentary.

Mrs Miller, from Braunton in Devon, called for a "full and transparent" investigation into James's death.

She has spoken to the advisor to the Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.

As well as holding a meeting with Ranaan Gissin Mrs Miller also spoke to representatives from the country's foreign ministry, defence force and the Judge Advocate General.

No-one has been charged in connection with Mr Miller's death.

Unprotected area

Sunday will mark the first anniversary of Mr Miller's death, when he and reporter Saira Shah had finished filming one of three Palestinian children.

The Israelis have now said they are unable to match the bullet that killed James to a gun Sophy Miller

The child was to become the subject of a film about the effect the conflict was having on the lives of youngsters in the Gaza Strip.

Along with his colleagues, Mr Miller tried to the leave the area he was in by asking the permission of the Israeli Defence Force (IDF).

It was when he approached an armoured personnel carrier - carrying a white flag which he shone a torch on, calling out that he was a British journalist and wearing a white helmet marked TV - that two shots were fired, the second killing him.

The bullet hit Mr Miller in the neck, the only unprotected and vulnerable area between his body armour and helmet.

His family believe he was deliberately targeted and murdered by a soldier working with the IDF, backed up, they have said, by a reconstruction of events by a British investigator, pathologists' reports and a ballistics report.

'Truth'

At first, the Israeli authorities said he was shot in a crossfire but decided to conduct a military police investigation last August.

Sophy Miller wants a full and open investigation

But Mrs Miller has said she is concerned that she will be denied access to the report, apart from its conclusions, and that no firm date has been given for its release.

"The Israelis have admitted their initial investigation immediately following James's death was flawed, and have now said they are unable to match the bullet that killed James to a gun.

"James's family deserves to know the truth about his death and to be allowed to grieve for him in the knowledge that the person responsible will be brought to justice," she said.

Evidence of the events surrounding Mr Miller's death include footage of the incident by an Associated Press film crew, who were in the area at the time, as well as eye witness reports.

The Israeli military police are continuing to investigate Mr Miller's death.