A former CEO of security multinational G4S has accepted that systemic failings in its vetting procedure led to the murder of two of its security guards by another in Iraq. Paul McGuigan was one of two shot dead in 2009 in Baghdad by Danny Fitzsimons when hired for protection duties in Iraq. A third guard, an Iraqi, was also shot but survived. Fitzsimons is currently serving a 20 year sentence in Iraq after being convicted of murder. An inquest has now heard that in addition to the failures in respect of Fitzsimons (which included failures to obtain a CRB check, failures to obtain references or a military discharge documentation, and failures to identify a career history that  involved sackings from other security companies), an audit of 527 expat recruitment files revealed that 58% failed to meet basic vetting standards, including 44% without CRB checks. Nick Armstrong instructed by Sarah Ricca and Christina Juman of Deighton Pierce Glynn is representing Mr McGuigan’s mother in the inquest. For coverage from Channel 4 please click here.