The passage of time has done little to ease the pain for Sandra and John Hyde. Their son Ben was killed by a 600-strong mob in June 2003 in one of the most notorious incidents of the Iraq war.
Ben, 23, was among six Redcap military policemen massacred at a police station in the town of Majar al Kabir near Basra.
Sgt Simon Hamilton-Jewell, 41, Cpl Russell Aston, 30, Cpl Paul Long, 24, Cpl Simon Miller, 21, and L/Cpl Tom Keys, 20, died at Ben’s side, trying to negotiate with the angry crowd without firing a shot.
