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October 12, 2012updated 16 Oct 2012 3:28pm

40. British journalism’s greatest ever scoops: Matty Hull: Friendly fire (The Sun, Tom Newton Dunn, 2007)

By Richard Wilson

The Sun uncovered sensational evidence that soldier Matty Hull was killed by US “friendly fire” in the middle of the inquest into his death.

The video tape from a US jet shows one pilot saying “God dammit” after mistakenly targeting a UK troop convoy and then another pilot said: “We’re in jail dude.”

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