No, they said he slashed his wrists. You must be thinking of someone else…
"On the day Dr Kelly's body was discovered, then Prime Minister Tony Blair asked Lord Hutton to conduct an urgent investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death.
Unusually, the inquest opened into Dr Kelly's death was never completed.
Lord Hutton released his findings in January 2004, reporting that the scientist had committed suicide by slashing his wrist with a blunt gardening knife."
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-13716127