Wife waits for murder enquiry into husband’s death.

Dec 4 2009 by Stuart Wilson, Ayrshire Post (main ed)

A DISTRAUGHT widow has learned her husband may have been murdered while working in Kuwait.

Police in the Arab state have launched an investigation into the death of Troon man John Kane in 2007.

Now his wife wants justice after enduring a two year fight for answers.

John, an oil worker in the Middle East, died in December 2007 after sustaining a number of injuries to his face and body.

And authorities have now re-opened the case so they can treat it as murder.

They’re investigating claims that John, who was 62 when he died, was thrown from a balcony.

Wife Roise, of Troon, says the truth has been covered up and wants answers.

She revealed: “The plot has thickened with every passing day and all we want is the truth.

“At the time of John’s death, the doctors in Kuwait recommended a post-mortem because his injuries weren’t consistent with what we were being told.

“They said it was consistent with something like a car crash or serious assault.

“But we were also advised that getting the body home would be very difficult if we went ahead with a post-mortem, so we decided against it.

“In retrospect we should have done it, but at the time we were so upset and just wanted John home.”

John, an experienced oil worker of 26 years, had travelled the world with his job and been stationed in Kuwait for two years before his death.

He stayed in a complex belonging to employers Kentz along with fellow workers.

Suspicions were raised when John was admitted to hospital 10 days before his death with a broken shoulder blade.

And Roise, 61, added: “We’ve had it confirmed by experts since then that John couldn’t have sustained that injury from a minor fall.

“It was consistent with something far more serious and that’s obviously why the doctors in Kuwait advised us to have a post-mortem.

“When we heard they were opening the murder investigation, it was like John had died again.

“We just feel things have been covered up and are desperate for some kind of answer.”

The family now face an agonising wait for Kuwaiti police to report on their findings.

Central Ayrshire MP Brian Donohoe is also on the case and is writing to the Kuwaiti Embassy to make his feelings known.

He said: “I am firmly of the view that something untoward has happened here.

“I will write to the Kuwaiti Embassy raising my concerns about Mr Kane’s untimely death and call for a re-examination of his medical records from the time.”