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 | | Monday, 1 April, 2002, 16:17 GMT 17:17 UK Parents of dead soldier call for inquiry  The soldiers were with the Royal Logistics Corps The parents of a soldier shot dead while patrolling his barracks are taking their fight for a public inquiry to parliament. Private Geoff Gray was only 17-years-old when he was killed while on guard duty at the Royal Logistics Corps HQ at Queen Elizabeth Barracks, Deepcut, Surrey, on September 17, 2001. His father, also called Geoff, and mother, Diane, from Hackney, London, are writing to every Member of Parliament calling for an independent inquiry. Mr Gray said: "I believe that only a public inquiry will prove that someone had to have killed my son and I want politicians to be aware of this fact." Open verdict He said the Army suggested privately that he committed suicide but an inquest into his death recorded an open verdict. Mr Gray said: "I honestly believe someone murdered my son. The inquest said he didn't commit suicide and medical evidence proved he cannot have killed himself. "There was a bullet hole above his left eyebrow and one above his right.
"Somewhere out there a killer is at large. This person cannot get away with this, they have to be caught." Mr and Mrs Gray said they were also concerned that last month a second teenage soldier, James Collinson from Perth, was discovered with a single gunshot wound to the head while on guard duty at the same barracks where Private Gray. An Army spokesman said that until an inquest had been held into Private Collinson's death, no immediate action would be taken. Two separate boards of inquiry will be held by military personnel subsequent to that inquest. The spokesman said: "We will look into both deaths after that inquest." | |   See also: Internet links: The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites Top England stories now:  Links to more England stories are at the foot of the page. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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