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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Tom Watling

British ex paratrooper unlawfully killed in Ukraine by someone claiming to be his friend, coroner finds

Daniel Burke, who was killed in Ukraine - (Family handout/Greater Manchester Police/PA)

A British former paratrooper who traveled to fight in Ukraine and whose body was later found miles from the frontline was “unlawfully killed” by someone claiming to be his friend, a court has concluded.

The body of Daniel Burke, 36, from Wythenshawe in Manchester, was found last September some 27 miles from the frontline in Zaporizhzhia, eastern Ukraine, after being reported missing in August. Mr Burke had traveled there to help fight against the full-scale Russian invasion.

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