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  Regiment in fake photo storm to be charged over death of prisoner
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Last EditedServo  May 16, 2004 09:11pm
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News DateSunday, May 16, 2004 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0
DescriptionSoldiers from the Queen's Lancashire Regiment will be charged this week in relation to the death of Baha Mousa, an Iraqi hotel receptionist severely beaten while in British military custody.

Around six soldiers from the QLR - the regiment at the centre of the row over hoax pictures published in the Daily Mirror - face charges in relation to incidents in Iraq. Senior military officials said Geoff Hoon, the Secretary of State for Defence, will confirm "within days" the first criminal prosecutions against British soldiers since the war began.

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