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Mother of Iraq victim 'sick' to be in same room as Blair
The mother of a 19-year-old soldier killed in Iraq finally sat a few feet away from Tony Blair today, years after trying to confront the ex-premier - and found herself feeling "sick" with emotion.
Rose Gentle, whose son Gordon was killed in June 2004, managed to get a ticket at the last minute to be in the same room as Blair during his questioning by the Chilcot inquiry.
She was not among the family members of those killed in action originally drawn in a ballot for tickets to see today's session.
But when she arrived at the QEII conference center in Westminster this morning, she learned that she would be allowed into the same room as Blair after all.
She accused Blair of being "smarmy" and of refusing to acknowledge any of the scores of military families who attended today's hearing.