Afghan hero's death inquest resumes

Feb 19 2010

An inquest is to resume into the death of a British soldier killed in a firefight in Afghanistan.

Corporal Sean Binnie, 22, from the Black Watch, 3rd Battalion the Royal Regiment of Scotland, died in a battle with insurgents near Musa Qala in Helmand province on May 7 last year.

Cpl Binnie, from Belfast, was taking part in a routine reassurance patrol with the Afghan National Army when he came under attack.