Soldier was shot dead by accident
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June 6, 2013
A PROMISING young soldier was accidentally shot dead when his colleagues removed the barrel from a machine gun as it pointed directly at him, a court martial heard.
Fusilier James Wilkinson, aged 21, from the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers (2RRF), was killed by the negligence of his own men on a live firing exercise in Kenya, it is alleged.
His section commander, Corporal Colin Bell, had removed the barrel from a machine gun to inspect a stoppage when it fired off a round, shooting Fusilier Wilkinson in the neck.
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