British ex-soldier accused of murdering two colleagues in Iraq

A former British soldier accused of murdering two colleagues during a drunken row in Iraq was appearing at a Baghdad court today.

Former paratrooper Daniel Fitzsimons (aged 33) is accused of shooting fellow British private security guard Paul McGuigan (aged 37) and Australian Darren Hoare (aged 37) after a row in a bar inside a compound in the Iraqi capital in August last year.