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The inquiry into the suicide of a soldier in his Edmonton barracks will be hearing some of its last arguments today in Ottawa, while the lawyer of Cpl. Stuart Langridge’s family claims that National Defence has a lot to learn from this inquiry. A retired colonel, Michel Drapeau, pointed out that the element of trust in military police establishment has been hurt thoroughly because of the revelations made at the hearing, which listened to nearly 92 witnesses for roughly 62 days.
Shaun and Sheila Fynes, parents of the deceased, had filed 32 complaints with the Military Police Public Complaints commission, claiming that the investigation of their son has been completely botched. Drapeau stated that the it remained the priority of Defence Department to “protect the brand.” Langridge was a veteran of Afghanistan, who allegedly hung-himself-to-death in March 2008 because he was ordered to return to base after being treated for drug and alcohol addiction in a civilian hospital. Langridge’s family claims that military had treated their son as a malcontent, which played a key role in his suicide.
Drapeau further brought attention to the fact that there is recently a sudden increase in the number of suicide incidents within the military, implying that the institution shall take vital lessons from this fact. He mentioned that “these are our sons and daughters, and we need to find out what can be done to prevent suicides.” The inquiry has found out that military police secreted the suicide note of Langridge from his parents for almost 14 months, alleging that the paper sheet is an evidence in a suspicious-death probe.
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