Briton 'killed by Iraqi police'

[Barrett808]

Source: BBC

A girl who survived a massacre in Iraq in which a British man was shot dead, later identified five Iraqi policemen as his killers, an inquest has heard.

Security worker Brian Tilley, 47, of Heckford Road, Poole, was killed when gunmen walked into his girlfriend's house in Baghdad on 14 May 2004.

Sarah, 15, told the US military that the gunmen wore Iraqi police uniforms.

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The inquest was told that during the incident, the 47-year-old was dragged into the kitchen where he was beaten and then shot in the back and once in the stomach.

The gunmen then shot the rest of the occupants in the house, who included Sarah, her mother, her mother's boyfriend, her aunt, and two female friends, one of whom was Mr Tilley's girlfriend, Iman.

Dorset Police wanted Sarah, who was shot in the head, to give evidence at the inquest, but she has since disappeared.

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/dorset/7083436.stm

[ohio2007]

1. a 15 year old girlfriend of a 47 year old Brit 'security' officer?

....gunmen then shot the rest of the occupants in the house, who included Sarah, her mother, her mother's boyfriend, her aunt, and two female friends, one of whom was Mr Tilley's girlfriend

ahh, yes....
" girlfriends" ;)

...Capt Brennan said Iraqi police officers had been known to commit crimes, but equally uniforms were sometimes stolen by criminals.

Maybe they were enforcing a 'higher law' ?

I find it ironic that the thread about limiting/prohibiting porn sold on military bases is of a hot topic length.