New concerns over Army deaths

Police have called in a Ballistics expert from Germany

The parents of two soldiers who died at the Deepcut Army barracks in Surrey say they have been given potentially disturbing new information about their sons' deaths.

In a meeting with Surrey Police, the fathers of Geoff Gray, from Hackney in east London, and James Collinson, from Perth, were told that their sons' regimental cap badges were found some distance away from their bodies.

Private Gray's father, also called Geoff, told BBC Scotland that in the case of James Collinson, the cap badge was recovered from land outside the perimeter fence of the barracks.

The 17-year-old soldier had been on sentry duty in the barracks the night he died.

Private Collinson was on sentry duty

Mr Gray revealed that Surrey Police are planning to bring in a ballistics expert from Germany to help with their investigation.

Detectives are hoping to complete their enquiries by the end of January, when it is expected that a file will be sent to the Surrey coroner.

Controversy has surrounded the deaths of four young soldiers who died in mysterious circumstances at Deecut in the last seven years.

Privates Sean Benton, from Hastings in Sussex, and Cheryl James, from Llangollen in Wales, died in 1995.

Private Gray, from Seaham in County Durham, died from two gunshot wounds to the head while on guard duty in September 2001.

Private Collinson was found dead with a single gunshot wound while on guard duty at the barracks in March this year.

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) said the soldiers took their own lives, but the families believe they were murdered.