Shortly before his death Dr Kelly told a friend that “he wouldn’t be surprised if his body was found in the woods”. Not long later it was.

Dr Kelly was the source of the story that Tony Blair’s government had ‘sexed-up’ its dossier on Saddam Hussein’s weapons of mass destruction to justify illegaly invading Iraq.

As the Chilcot Inquiry has been told this week Bush and Blair fully intended to invade Iraq regardless of whether weapons were found or not.

We can only hope that this new line of inquiry sheds more light on Dr Kelly’s death and that perhaps one day those responsible for his death face justice.