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British soldiers must help investigate Iraqi teen’s death

BRITISH soldiers must help an investigation into the drowning of an Iraqi teenager, a retired High Court judge has said.

Iraq Fatality Investigations (IFI) chief Sir George Newman wants to meet the soldiers’ lawyers to discuss his probe into the death of 18-year-old Saeed Shabram. 

The teenager drowned in May 2003 following contact with Royal Engineers stationed in Basra.

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