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Military police have investigated more than twice as many civilian deaths and abuse claims involving British troops in Iraq than originally revealed, the Government acknowledged tonight.

Armed forces minister Adam Ingram told MPs last month that 33 such cases had been investigated.

But today he revealed that number was actually 61 and a further 14 investigations had been launched since then.

Mr Ingram, who has already faced questions over what he knew about abuse claims, admitted he had inadvertently misled MPs. Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon and Prime Minister Tony Blair used the same figures in the House of Commons

“The correct number of investigations into civilian deaths, injuries or alleged ill-treatment undertaken at May 4 was 61. Of these 23 were still in progress, 31 had concluded with no further action being taken and seven were pending a decision whether to prosecute. None of these additional 28 cases relates to detention facilities.

“We have initiated a further 14 investigations since May 4.”

Mr Ingram’s comments on May 4 to the Commons had caused him difficulties even before today. Asked on May 4 whether he had received reports from external organisations about the way in which detainees had been handled, he responded: “To date I have received no such reports.”
Amnesty International later expressed surprise at that remark, saying that it had submitted a “dossier” to the minister last year.
Today the Ministry of Defence said that of the total of 75 cases mentioned in Mr Ingram’s reply, 30 were still under investigation.