Editing Terry Lloyd (section)

==Inquest==
The [[inquest]] on Lloyd's death was held in October 2006 in [[Oxfordshire]], and lasted eight days, recording the verdict on 13 October 2006. The Assistant Deputy [[Coroner]], [[Andrew Walker (barrister)|Andrew Walker]], recorded a verdict of [[unlawful killing]] by the [[United States Armed Forces|U.S. military]], and announced he would write to the [[Director of Public Prosecutions#England and Wales|Director of Public Prosecutions]] asking for him to investigate the possibility of bringing charges.

Andrew Walker formally cleared [[ITN]] of any blame for Lloyd's death, and said that in his view the [[United States|U.S.]] [[tank]]s had been first to open fire on the [[ITN]] crew's two vehicles. However, in the same document, he says he "was unable to determine whether the bullets that killed Lloyd in southern Iraq on 22 March 2003, were fired by [[United States Army|U.S. ground forces]] or helicopters." Lloyd "would probably have survived the first [Iraqi] bullet wound" but was killed as he was being carried away from the fighting in the civilian minibus. Walker said: "If the vehicle was perceived as a threat, it would have been fired on before it did a [[U-turn]]. This would have resulted in damage to the front of the vehicle. I have no doubt it was the fact that the vehicle stopped to pick up survivors that prompted the [[United States|Americans]] to fire on that vehicle."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6046950.stm |title=US forces killed ITN man in Iraq |work=BBC News |date=13 October 2006 |accessdate=2009-09-13}}</ref> The [[National Union of Journalists]] said Lloyd's killing was a [[war crime]].<ref>[http://www.nuj.org.uk/inner.php?docid=1494 IFJ challenges US after unlawful killing verdict] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070208214910/http://www.nuj.org.uk/inner.php?docid=1494 |date=8 February 2007 }}</ref>

On 25 October 2006, [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]] leader [[Sir Menzies Campbell]] raised the matter at [[Prime Minister's Questions]] (PMQs), asking "When may we expect the [[Attorney-General]] to make an application for the extradition and trial in Britain of those American soldiers against whom there is a ''[[prima facie]]'' case for the unlawful killing in Iraq of the ITN journalist Terry Lloyd?"<ref name="hansard">{{Cite Hansard|house=House of Commons |title=Oral Answers to Questions: Prime Minister |url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200506/cmhansrd/vo061025/debtext/61025-0003.htm#06102570001883 |date=25 October 2006 |column=1512 |accessdate=25 August 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6083962.stm |title=Extradite US soldiers - Campbell |work=[[BBC News]] |date=25 October 2006 |accessdate=25 August 2020}}</ref>

On 19 March 2007, [[BBC]] reported that ITN had released the names of the 16 [[United States Marine Corps|U.S. Marines]] in the unit involved in Lloyd's death.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6468713.stm|title=Lloyd death: ITN names US troops |publisher=BBC |date=19 March 2007 |accessdate=2009-09-13}}</ref> Despite the inquest verdict of unlawful killing, the [[Crown Prosecution Service]] decided in July 2008 that there was "insufficient evidence" to prosecute Lloyd's killers.<ref>{{cite news|author=Press Association writer|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/cps-rules-out-terry-lloyd-prosecution-879108.html|title=CPS rules out Terry Lloyd prosecution|work=The Independent|date=28 July 2008 | location=London}}</ref>