Military chiefs told to 'hang heads in shame' over paratrooper Cpl Mark Wright's death

telegraph.co.uk
Oct. 17, 2008
A catalogue of failings led to the death of paratrooper Corporal Mark Wright in a minefield in Afghanistan a coroner said.
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