"My son died in vain and I'll never give up fighting for justice"

The family of a Grimsby soldier killed in Iraq have told Viking they won't rest until they get justice for their son.

It's almost ten years since Kristian Turton died in a bomb blast in the war-torn country.

His mum and dad, Jenny and Alan Turton, have now joined a campaign to hold officials to account in court over the 2003 Iraq War invasion.

More than 200 British men and women lost their lives in the conflict.

Speaking about the moment she heard her son has been killed, Jenny said:

"I was just numb inside, it was like part of me had died when he died. I can remember it, I remember it like it was yesterday.

"My husband just said to me 'it's Kristian' and my immediate thoughts were that he had come home early from Iraq and he wanted to see me. Then he said 'Kristian has been killed'. I was just in complete shock, it's a parent's worst nightmare. He had been there six months and he only had four weeks left to go.

Jenny says someone needs to be held to account for the men and women who lost their lives:

"It was all about the weapons of mass destruction and they sent our boys out there and it turned out that there was nothing so you feel like you sent my son out there and he died for nothing, he died in vain.

"Why send soldiers out to a war zone if they are not properly equipped, that's wrong isn't it? Somebody is responsible, they have got to be.

"Let's get whoever is responsible held to account and get them to admit it."

The campaign comes after the publication of the Chilcot report last July which confirmed “there had been a catalogue of mistakes and wrong-doing".

A new appeal is now hoping to raise extra funding for the case to proceed in court. You can find out more about the campaign here: www.crowdjustice.co.uk/case/chilcot2

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