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now this ****es me off.



Rose Gentle, whose 19-year-old son Gordon was killed by a roadside bomb in Basra in June 2004, has become a vocal critic of the Land Rovers.

A coroner ruled it was probable the bomb would not have detonated had an electronic detection device designed to protect troops against roadside attacks been fitted to the Land Rover.

The equipment had been available but was left in a store under a mile away because of a clerical error.


ummm this is landrovers fault how?