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Inquest on gun murder aboard UK nuclear submarine

HMS Astute nuclear submarine officer shot tackling gunman BBC News 2
Jan 13, A navy officer was shot in the head as he tried to stop a
junior rating killing others on a nuclear-powered submarine, an
inquest heard.

Lt Cdr Ian Molyneux, 36, of Wigan, Greater Manchester, was shot at
close range on board HMS Astute while docked in Southampton in 2011.

The inquest into his death heard he would have fallen unconscious
immediately and died shortly after.

Able Seaman Ryan Donovan was jailed for at least 25 years for murder.

The navigator yeoman also pleaded guilty to attempting to murder Lt
Cdr Christopher Hodge, 45, who he shot in the stomach, Petty Officer
Christopher Brown, 36, and Chief Petty Officer David McCoy, 37.

Donovan’s attack, on 8 April 2011, was only stopped when the then
leader of Southampton City Council, Royston Smith, and its chief
executive, Alistair Neill, wrestled the weapon from
him…..http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-20893271

January 3, 2013 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Religion and ethics, UK