Beeb's Kate on fatal trip over job fear; INQUEST.Byline: By AIDAN McGURRAN A BBC BBC in full British Broadcasting Corp. Publicly financed broadcasting system in Britain. A private company at its founding in 1922, it was replaced by a public corporation under royal charter in 1927. producer shot dead in Somalia feared for her job and felt under pressure to go to the wartorn state, an inquest heard yesterday. Kate Peyton Katherine Mary Peyton (b. December 13 1965, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk - d. February 9 2005, Mogadishu) was Senior Producer for the BBC Johannesburg Bureau 2002-05. She was killed in a shooting incident in Somalia whilst reporting on that country's nascent peace process. , 39, was shot in the back outside her hotel in February 2005 just two hours after arriving in the capital Mogadishu. The court heard her contract as a BBC producer based in Johannesburg for the previous three years was about to expire. Her actress sister Rebecca, 36, said: "Kate was told there were doubts about her commitment to the job. She thought that she had to go to prove she was committed." A BBC statement said Miss Peyton was not wearing a flak jacket flak jacket n. A bulletproof jacket or vest. flak jacket Noun a reinforced sleeveless jacket for protection against gunfire or shrapnel because it was felt they would "draw unnecessary attention and invite attack". Security experts said the risks of travel in the area were "extreme" the court heard. The inquest continues in Ipswich. CAPTION(S): SHOT Producer Kate Peyton |
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