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Cheryl James "Not A Suicide Case"
A civilian driver who chatted to Private Cheryl James just minutes before she died has told an inquest he thought she was "too bubbly" to kill herself and "not a suicide case".
The 18-year-old was discovered with a fatal bullet wound in November 1995.
It comes after the inquest heard that female recruits at Deepcut barracks were told to "keep their mouths shut" after Private James' body was found.
She was one of four recruits who died at the Army training camp in Surrey over a seven-year period.
The inquest has previously heard claims that Pte James was ordered to have sex with another recruit the night before she died, which the soldier in question denied.
It admitted that officers saw new recruits as a sexual challenge at Deepcut, with the inquest also being told that trainees there were left "running around" taking illegal drugs and drinking while underage.
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