The Brits have a funny way with deaths. Their inquest(s) carry legal weight. Even military deaths get civilian inquest and occasionally they hand down "convictions".
Here is an example, you can google fu if you need to read others.
Quote:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/ju...hts-protection
Soldier who told parents not to hate Army died in Afghan blast, inquest hears
A teenage soldier who left a letter to his mother telling her not to hate the Army “because it was the making of me as well as the end of me” died in a blast in Afghanistan after standing on a hidden device, an inquest heard.
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As part of the Quick Reaction Force (QRF), he and his platoon had the role of providing protection for casualty evacuations and bomb disposal teams heading to destroy identified threats.
Corporal Bryan told the coroner at the inquest in Newbury, Berks.: “I believe I was the last person to speak to him because he told me how lucky I was that day.
“He stood up, he turned away from me to face the direction of the FOB and I then heard a massive explosion and immediately knew it was an IED.”
Coroner Peter Bedford recorded a verdict that Rfn Cyrus Thatcher, of Henley Road, Caversham, Berks, was unlawfully killed while on active service in Afghanistan.
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What a coroner's inquest will determine with this unfortunate military death is to be seen.
