The judge agreed with an expert witness at the inquiry that a loss of self esteem and feelings of hopelessness and despair might have contributed to Kelly's suicide.
Hutton said he was satisfied that nobody involved in the matter could have foreseen that Kelly would take his own life after he was named as the anonymous source of the controversial BBC report.
"I am satisfied that none of the persons whose decisions and actions I later describe ever contemplated that Dr. Kelly might take his own life. I'm further satisfied that none of those persons was at fault in not contemplating that Dr. Kelly might take his own life," Hutton said.
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