British Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon was put under increased pressure today when the widow of David Kelly told how the Iraq weapons expert felt “totally let down and betrayed” by the British Ministry of Defence for allowing his name to be made public.

BRITISH Government weapons expert David Kelly was made to undergo a second grilling by Ministry of Defence managers over his contacts with a BBC journalist after the intervention of Prime Minister Tony Blair, the inquiry into his death heard yesterday.

INTELLIGENCE officials were so concerned about the British Government’s Iraqi weapons dossier some complained formally to their superiors, the inquiry into the death of weapons expert David Kelly was told yesterday.