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The Ministry of Justice (MoD) is set to award three families more than £1m in industrial disease compensation, newspapers have revealed.
Upon instruction from the High Court, the MoD has been ordered to pay six-figure sums to the largely unnamed families after members of each contracted asbestos-related illness mesothelioma with tragic consequences.
According to the Daily Mirror, one of the victims, Richard Rouse, passed away at the age of 53 after he contracted the asbestos-related disease following daily contact with the substance while living at an RAF base in Essex as a child.
Mr Rouse's widow, Sally told the news source that her husband's death has "ripped our family apart", but added she is "very pleased" that the High Court case has now come to a conclusion.
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