Army soldier's sniper rifle went off and shot him in head when comrade 'bumped into him' on training exercise, inquest hears

Lance Corporal Joe Spencer, 24, was killed instantly on a sniper exercise in the Scottish Highlands when his rifle suddenly fired through his chin and out of the top of his head.


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