British TV journalist found dead

Published October 7, 2003

LONDON, Oct 6: A British television journalist who was forced to resign from Sky News channel after being accused of faking a report during the Iraq war has been found dead, police said on Monday.

A police spokeswoman said James Forlong, 44, was found at his home in Hove, southeast England, in the early hours of Saturday morning.

“There are no suspicious circumstances,” she said. A Sky spokeswoman confirmed the death but declined to elaborate.

Mr Forlong was forced to resign from Sky in July after he was found to have produced a faked report from a British Royal Navy submarine during the conflict.—Reuters

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