Wakefield dad killed in Iraq
A DAD-of-TWO was killed in an explosion in Iraq an inquest heard.
Robbie Napier, 36, of Clifton Avenue, Stanley, was working as a civilian security operative in Baghdad for American company Aegis when the incident happened on March 10.
Mr Napier sustained fatal injuries from a detonated explosive device when he was travelling as a passenger in the front vehicle of a three-vehicle convoy, the hearing was told.
Coroner David Hinchliff said: "When I am investigating a death in a foreign country, I do not have the same powers or jurisdiction as I do here, but I will try and do things as efficiently and speedily as I can."
Mr Hinchliff said his officers would be liaising with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in a bid to establish what happened.
He adjourned the hearing pending the outcome of further enquiries.
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