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Marconi scientists' deaths, 1982–19906 key questions · 12 questions · 0 answered
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KeyDid any of the deaths share a common cause, such as killings by an intelligence service?
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KeyWas the Ministry of Defence police fraud investigation into Marconi connected to the deaths?
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KeyWere the people who died working on the same classified projects, such as Sting Ray, Tigerfish or the Strategic Defense Initiative?
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KeyWere there more deaths among British defence scientists and engineers in 1982–1990 than ordinary death rates would produce?
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KeyWhich of the deaths remain unexplained after their inquests, and what would settle each one?
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Did Ashad Sharif kill himself near Bristol on 28 October 1986, as the inquest found?
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How did Jonathan Wash fall from a hotel in Abidjan on 19 November 1985?
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How did Peter Peapell die under his car in his garage on 22 February 1987?
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How did Vimal Dajibhai come to fall from the Clifton Suspension Bridge on 5 August 1986?
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Was David Sands's crash into a disused cafe on 30 March 1987 deliberate?
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Who killed Shani Warren, found bound and gagged in Taplow Lake on 18 April 1987?
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KeyWho is on the list of "Marconi scientists", and how was the list put together?
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