Suicide soldier's family urge probe

The family of a Royal Irish Regiment soldier today pressed for a public inquiry into his death after it emerged officers had expressed concern about bullying and sexual assault in the regiment.

Relatives of Paul Cochrane, who shot himself in British army barracks in Co Armagh in 2001, called for a more thorough investigation after an internal army report claimed several officers raised allegations that sexual assaults and a homosexual rape had occurred in the RIR.