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09/08/2012
Soldiers' Body Parts Kept Without Permission
The Ministry of Defence has admitted that body parts and tissue from soliders killed in Afghanistan have been kept without permission from their families.
Around six body parts and more than 50 tissue samples were found when a new manager was appointed at the Military Police's Special Investigations Branch.
An Army spokesman said there had been "a small number of cases" where procedure had not been followed.
The discovery was made last month when body parts were found at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford and the tissue samples were discovered at the SIB at Bulford Garrison in Salisbury, Wiltshire.
The SIB is now trying to identify families affected as soon as possible, with the number of families affected likely to be less than 60 as multiple samples were taken for each case.
"There are occasions when it is necessary for the RMP Special Investigations Branch to retain slides of forensic material from individuals killed on operations as part of their investigation - this is standard practice," a spokesman said.
"However, the RMP identified there were a small number of cases where this had been done without the correct processes being followed to inform families."
Investigations into the matter were being carried out urgently, the spokesman added.
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Around six body parts and more than 50 tissue samples were found when a new manager was appointed at the Military Police's Special Investigations Branch.
An Army spokesman said there had been "a small number of cases" where procedure had not been followed.
The discovery was made last month when body parts were found at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford and the tissue samples were discovered at the SIB at Bulford Garrison in Salisbury, Wiltshire.
The SIB is now trying to identify families affected as soon as possible, with the number of families affected likely to be less than 60 as multiple samples were taken for each case.
"There are occasions when it is necessary for the RMP Special Investigations Branch to retain slides of forensic material from individuals killed on operations as part of their investigation - this is standard practice," a spokesman said.
"However, the RMP identified there were a small number of cases where this had been done without the correct processes being followed to inform families."
Investigations into the matter were being carried out urgently, the spokesman added.
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