CPS considers Deepcut barracks misconduct evidence

"Complex" evidence is being considered by prosecutors following an investigation into allegations of misconduct at an army barracks where five soldiers died.

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said it "received a file of evidence from Surrey Police" relating to Deepcut Barracks in Surrey.

It said it could not give a timeframe for when a decision would be made following the investigation into "misconduct in a public office".

The Ministry of Defence has been approached for a comment.

Privates Sean Benton, Cheryl James, Geoff Gray and James Collinson were all discovered with gunshot wounds between 1995 and 2002.

Soldier Anthony Bartlett was also found dead after a suspected overdose in July 2001.

The Army previously insisted the four gunshot wound deaths at the Princess Royal Barracks were suicides, although the families disagreed.

In the years following the deaths at Deepcut, there was debate over what led to the four privates losing their lives, all in similar circumstances.

The MoD had previously said Pte Bartlett's case was investigated by the police and ruled to be an accidental death by the coroner.

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