Body of Iraq WMD dossier scientist David Kelly exhumed

Family of weapons expert who killed himself in 2003 asked for his grave to be dug up owing to fears it was being desecrated

The body of Dr David Kelly, the government chemical weapons expert who killed himself in 2003 after being outed as the source of a BBC story, has been exhumed, police have confirmed.

The scientist's family reportedly had his remains cremated after asking for the grave to be dug up because they were upset it was being "desecrated" by conspiracy theorists who believe Kelly was murdered.