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James Le Mesurier: White Helmets co-founder died from fall, Turkey says
Published16 December 2019
A British ex-soldier who helped found Syria's White Helmets volunteer group died as a result of a fall, Turkish forensic experts have concluded.
James Le Mesurier was found dead on a street below a window of his flat in Istanbul's Beyoglu area on 11 November
A post-mortem examination found the cause of death was "general body trauma linked to a fall from height", state broadcaster TRT said on Monday.
No DNA belonging to another person was found, it added.
The private news channel NTV meanwhile said a toxicology report showed Le Mesurier, 48, had taken sleeping pills.
Mr Le Mesurier was widely considered a founder of the White Helmets.
The organisation, which is also known as the Syria Civil Defence, helps rescue civilians caught up in attacks in areas of Syria controlled by the opposition to President Bashar al-Assad.
In 2016, the White Helmets received the Right Livelihood Award in recognition for "outstanding bravery, compassion and humanitarian engagement in rescuing civilians". Later the same year the group was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
But the Syrian government and its allies Russia and Iran have accused the White Helmets of aiding terrorist groups - something the organisation has denied.
A week before he died, the Russian foreign ministry accused Le Mesurier of being a former agent of the UK's Secret Intelligence Service, better known as MI6. The UK's ambassador to the UN said the claim was "categorically untrue".
Le Mesurier received an OBE from the Queen in 2016 for "services to the Syria Civil Defence group and the protection of civilians in Syria".
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