SAS Brecon Beacon deaths: 'gross failures' by MoD
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The Ministry of Defence made a "catalogue of very serious mistakes" before and during an SAS march in which three Army reservists died, a coroner has ruled.
Lance Corporals Craig Roberts and Edward Maher and Corporal James Dunsby died from the effects of hyperthermia following an exercise in the Brecon Beacons on 13 July 2013.
The three men had been attempting to complete a 16-mile march in 8 hours 45 minutes on one of the hottest days of the year, as part of a six-month SAS selection process, one of the toughest
in the world.
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