The Ministry of Defence has been accused of covering up the death of a soldier during radiation experiments. Derek Redman, 27, died of “diabetes of sudden onset and great severity” while serving on Christmas Island in 1958 during Cold War nuclear bomb tests.
Experts say a massive dose of radiation could theoretically have caused the Royal Engineer's death, but the post mortem he should have had is missing, and he was buried at sea just four hours after he died.
Now his family want answers. Brother Donald Redman, 84, said: “My brother wasn't diabetic. He was built like a brick outhouse and never sick a day in his life. "My mother never stopped grieving for him, he was a lovely lad.
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