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BLAIR GUARD IN HANGING
www.mirror.co.uk ^ | Thursday 15 August 2002 | www.mirror.co.uk

Posted on 08/15/2002 8:36:12 AM PDT by It'salmosttolate

BLAIR GUARD IN HANGING

Thursday 15 August 2002

A SPECIAL Branch bodyguard to Tony Blair and his family was found hanged from the banisters at home, an inquest heard yesterday.

Det Insp Bill Lloyd, 47, was discovered by his second wife Gillian with a car tow rope around his neck. She said in a statement: "He never suggested or intimated taking his own life ever." There was no note.

A police colleague said Mr Lloyd had admitted feeling "pretty down". The day before he died in May a doctor had prescribed "happy" pills.

Mr Lloyd, of Camberley, Surrey, had been part of the Blairs' protection team for several years and had frequently gone abroad with them. Verdict: Open.


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What did he know and when did he reveal it?
1 posted on 08/15/2002 8:36:12 AM PDT by It'salmosttolate
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To: It'salmosttolate
did somebody say, "Vince Foster"?
2 posted on 08/15/2002 8:45:26 AM PDT by Falcon4.0
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To: It'salmosttolate
Damn English oak...if it was a particle board banister this would not have happened....I don't think his "happy pills" were working...
3 posted on 08/15/2002 10:02:52 AM PDT by MD_Willington_1976
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A SPECIAL Branch bodyguard to Tony Blair and his family was found hanged from the banisters at home

"Was"?! So much for the snooty Brits and their perfect English.

4 posted on 08/15/2002 10:17:04 AM PDT by newgeezer
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To: It'salmosttolate
Question: What do Bill Clinton and Tony Blair have in common?
5 posted on 08/15/2002 10:18:43 AM PDT by Destructor
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To: Destructor
I give up.?
6 posted on 08/15/2002 10:21:15 AM PDT by It'salmosttolate
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To: newgeezer
Was is correct.
7 posted on 08/15/2002 10:21:16 AM PDT by justshutupandtakeit
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To: newgeezer
A SPECIAL Branch bodyguard to Tony Blair and his family were found hanged from the banisters at home.

?

8 posted on 08/15/2002 10:23:36 AM PDT by It'salmosttolate
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To: newgeezer
Bodyguard = was
9 posted on 08/15/2002 10:24:36 AM PDT by RoughDobermann
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To: newgeezer
bodyguard...was found...

I don't see what is wrong with that grammar. Care to explain?

10 posted on 08/15/2002 10:24:57 AM PDT by Bigg Red
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To: Destructor
They both have bodyguards and body counts.
11 posted on 08/15/2002 10:25:05 AM PDT by Consort
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To: It'salmosttolate
"He never suggested or intimated taking his own life ever."

Pretty d@mn eloquent for the newly grieving widow immediately after discovering the body...
12 posted on 08/15/2002 10:25:40 AM PDT by Sweet_Sunflower29
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To: It'salmosttolate
Mr. Clinton also had bodyguards that died under strange circumstances.
13 posted on 08/15/2002 10:25:50 AM PDT by Destructor
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To: MD_Willington_1976
I don't think his "happy pills" were working...

British socialized medicine...probably got the prescription in May, but wasn't due to have it filled until June...

14 posted on 08/15/2002 10:26:48 AM PDT by Corin Stormhands
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To: Jimer
"They both have bodyguards and body counts."

You nailed it!

15 posted on 08/15/2002 10:27:03 AM PDT by Destructor
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To: It'salmosttolate
Was it a tow-rope given to him by his grandfather?

Is there a shortage of parks in London?

A lack of grassy knolls?

I'm sure they have no genuine civil war cannons, but they must have something comparable.

Did Cheri Blair send someone over to collect his papers?
16 posted on 08/15/2002 10:29:50 AM PDT by TC Rider
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To: Destructor
3 of them were (was?) shot by another BATF agent on the roof of the Waco "compound". They were VERY familiar with Klinks' history.

Needless to say they never had to testify in court.

17 posted on 08/15/2002 10:31:12 AM PDT by It'salmosttolate
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The day before he died in May a doctor had prescribed "happy" pills.

Mmmm!! Happy Pills!!

18 posted on 08/15/2002 10:33:31 AM PDT by TADSLOS
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To: Bigg Red
I don't know about newgeezer, but the first time I read the sentence I thought it said: A SPECIAL Branch bodyguard ... and his family [were] found hanged ...

So much for my comprehension skills.

19 posted on 08/15/2002 10:36:09 AM PDT by oremites
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To: Corin Stormhands
The benefits of socialized medicine: One million sick people waiting for hospital admission in UK
More than a million people were waiting to be admitted to hospitals in June this year - a rise of
nearly 17,000 on the same time last year, new figures revealed today.
20 posted on 08/15/2002 10:36:26 AM PDT by It'salmosttolate
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