- 'John Eldridge, editor of Jane's Nuclear, Biological
and Chemical Defence Weekly, told a national newspaper that Dr Kelly's
and Dr Langford's deaths were linked, and thought other microbiologists
should be concerned for their safety. The Royal Navy expert Mr Eldridge
said scientists involved in microbiology were terrorist targets and under
close scrutiny from the US and Russia. He branded Dr Langford's death "mysterious",'
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- Academics today poured scorn on conspiracy theorists
linking the death of a Norwich researcher with the apparent suicide of
Government weapons expert Dr David Kelly.
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- The half-naked dead body of Dr Ian Langford was found
under a chair at his home in Marlborough Road, Norwich, in February last
year.
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- The walls of his living room were covered in blood, but
tests concluded the 40-year-old University of East Anglia researcher had
died from natural causes. An inquest into his death never took place.
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- Conspiracy theorists have since speculated Dr Langford
could have been murdered ÷ along with another 24 scientists ÷
because of their links to biological or chemical weapons. Dr Kelly is the
latest death in unusual circumstances to set the theorists gossiping. The
suggestion that the deaths of a string of weapons experts could be linked
was first reported in the Evening News last year. A spokeswoman for Norwich
Coroners Office today confirmed they had never received any details of
Dr Langford's death, with police listing it as natural causes. John Eldridge,
editor of Jane's Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Defence Weekly, told
a national newspaper that Dr Kelly's and Dr Langford's deaths were linked,
and thought other microbiologists should be concerned for their safety.
The Royal Navy expert Mr Eldridge said scientists involved in microbiology
were terrorist targets and under close scrutiny from the US and Russia.
He branded Dr Langford's death "mysterious", although Norwich
Coroner's Office said they had no reason to suspect any foul-play.
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- A spokeswoman said: "It was a natural causes death.
It wasn't a death which required an inquest."
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- Dr Langford was found dead when he failed to answer the
door to his neighbours on February 12 2002. He was believed to have fallen
over several times in his home, which would explain the blood found on
the walls in his house.
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- Annie Ogden, spokeswoman from the University of East
Anglia, today urged people to let Dr Langford "rest in peace"
and said accusations of a cover-up were totally false.
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- "As far as I am aware, none of our academics have
raised concerns as a result of this highly speculative and inaccurate claim,"
she said.
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- Dr Langford was known to be a heavy drinker and was a
leader and senior researcher in the field of environmental risk at the
UEA. He had previously advised the World Health Organisation on public
health issues and had studied for a PhD into childhood leukaemia and infection.
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- Dr Kelly, 59, was found dead after seemingly slashing
his wrist in a wood near his home at Southmoor, Oxfordshire, days after
being named as the Iraq dossier mole. An investigation into the circumstances
surrounding his death continues.
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- http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/
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- Full list of microbiologists who have died in suspicious
circumstances here
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- http://www.global-elite.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&fil
e=article&sid=71
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- http://www.global-elite.org
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