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Egyptian 'spy' inquest opens in UK

July 15, 2010 11:47

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Jennifer Lipman,

Jennifer Lipman

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An inquest into the death of a suspected Egyptian Mossad spy recorded an open verdict on Thursday at City of Westminster Coroner's Court.

Dr Ashraf Marwan, a close aide of Anwar Sadat before the then Egyptian president was assassinated, was found to have fallen from the balcony of his London home in 2007. He was 62.

Before his death he had been named by several sources both as a Mossad spy and as a double agent for Egypt. It was alleged in 2002 that Dr Marwan had alerted Israel of Egypt and Syria's plans to attack on Yom Kippur of 1973.

Coroner Dr William Dolman said there was "absolutely no evidence'' to support the claims he was murdered.