The lawyers of a suspected al Qaeda militant now on trial in Turkey said today his client had disclosed the whereabouts of the body of Kenneth Bigley, a British engineer beheaded in Iraq in 2004.
The militant, Syrian-born Louai al Sakka, claims to have taken part in the mock trial and sentencing of Bigley.
Lawyer Levent Dogus said the body was buried in a ditch near a small pond at the entrance into Falluja, 50 km north of Baghdad, on the road from Nuaimiya. He said the location was well-known to local people.
Dogus and Sakka's main lawyer, Osman Karahan, also said Bigley's kidnappers had sold his jeep for $12,000 and distributed the money among the people of Falluja.
There was no way of verifying the lawyers' claims.
"After the growing demands of the British media and family, we decided to say where the body is located," Mr Karahan said.