Kelly lawyer calls Hoon a liar and hypocrite

UK Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon was today labelled a liar and a hypocrite by the lawyer for the family of David Kelly as he launched a blistering attack on Britain's Ministry of Defence.

In his closing submission to the Hutton Inquiry, Jeremy Gompertz, QC, accused the UK government of treating Dr Kelly as a "pawn" in its bitter battle with the BBC over the alleged "sexing up" of the Iraq weapons dossier.