Kelly 'given just two days notice he would be outed'

GOVERNMENT weapons expert David Kelly was given just two days warning that his name was likely to appear in the press, the inquiry into his death was told yesterday.

In a dramatic change of evidence, a key Ministry of Defence witness admitted that no mention was made of the likelihood that his name would be made public when he was first interviewed about his contacts with BBC journalist Andrew Gilligan.

Bryan Wells, Dr Kelly's line manager, told the Hutton Inquiry that the prospect of the scientist's name "emerging" had only been raised at a second interview three days later on July 7.