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Published: Mon, 2 Nov 2009
Description: Was British nuclear scientist murdered?
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" United Nations weapons expert. Fell to his death from the seventeenth floor of the UN building Indiana. This is Timothy Hampton. Is his name he was found dead at the bottom of the stairwell. At a pretty theories about what might have happened to him his death initially was ruled a suicide his family says they are not buying that story and now a second autopsy. Is suggesting that they may have it has some well founded suspicions there Simon marks its president chief correspondent. I now hate Simon good to see you talk a lot of the desires situation he felt. It's an internal fall right in doubt -- a stairwell to the bottom of the stairwell. What what do they think happened and why somebody might want him dead -- that possibility."
" Yet he fell around a 120 feet to his death Timothy Hampton who was a processing engineer for the comprehensive nuclear test ban treaty organization based in Vienna Austria. His death has both Britain and Austria and golf golf that this second autopsy concluded that his death may not have been suicide that's was first suspected but might in fact. Have been caused by foul play he was apparently a happy family and had no reason. That anybody can tell to kill himself so people -- wondering what -- third autopsy which is due to be carried out might reveal."
" Yet and they had been a lot of back and forth over whether or not he was involved in you know nuclear situation in Iran what he might have known about it. The what are you learning about how closely associated he was with it --"
" Well the initial reports -- his work to Iran but they were very hastily denied by the international atomic energy agency which said. Not only did he have nothing to do with Iran but the organization that he worked for has 400 members of stop of its -- and it is not directly connected. To the IAEA. However some newspaper reports in Austria. Say that in his job as an engineering process. He will have been looking at nuclear data from a lodge number of countries possibly also including Iran so. Then maybe some Iranian tied to this all -- not necessarily the very direct tie that was being initially alleged."
" You going to be actual crime here Simon a couple of things come to mind one is. What was it in the second autopsy that made them say to themselves now it's not a suicide this looks like a murder. And you know how -- the questions about what that there were cameras in this building did they see anybody coming up and that there wow."
" What both the bullets won immediate the cloak of suspicion around -- he worked on the sixth floor what was he doing on the seventeenth floor of the building. The Doctor Who conducted the second autopsy says that bruising on the -- lead set to believe. That he may have been taken to the seventeenth floor of the building. Unwillingly. And then thrown down that 120 foot -- well. The first autopsy suggested this was a classic suicide plain and simple thing now everyone's waiting to see. What the results of the third medical inspection pointing."
" And I would imagine that there are investigating other people who work in that building and talking to them about what that they aside any kind of struggle. That mr. had -- engaged."
" Sure absolutely and trying to figure out his lost movements over the last couple of days of his life."
" Asked me if -- mark thank you very much for -- topping out thanks."
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