A UK backpacker who was allegedly held captive and repeatedly raped in Australia is being comforted by family members, police have said.

The 22-year-old woman, from Liverpool, has been discharged from hospital, Queensland Police confirmed.
An Australian man, 22, is facing 23 charges over the alleged ordeal that ended on Sunday.
Police on Wednesday said the attacks took place over a one-month period, not two months as alleged earlier.
They say the assaults happened between 3 February and 5 March on a road trip stretching from Cairns, in Far North Queensland, across the state's outback.
It ended when officers stopped the pair's 4x4 more than 1,000km (620 miles) south at Mitchell, after a service station reported they failed to pay for petrol.
In a brief statement on Wednesday, police said the woman had been released from hospital into the care of friends and family.
They also said the pair met at a Cairns party on 27 January, clarifying wrong information that it was three months ago.
Detective Inspector Paul Hart on Tuesday said the pair began a relationship but "at some point that had soured". She was then subjected to a "horrific and terrifying" experience, he said.
He said she had suffered facial fractures, bruising, abrasions to her neck and cuts to her body, as well as psychological injuries.
The accused man, from Cairns, is facing charges including four counts of rape, eight counts of assault and four counts of strangulation.
He is also charged with two counts of deprivation of liberty, causing wilful damage, possessing drugs and drug equipment and obstructing police.
The man appeared to be "hiding from police" in the back of the vehicle when he was arrested, Mr Hart said.
Police had stopped the 4x4 after receiving a call from a service station owner in Mitchell.
"She pulled up and fuelled up and then when she came in, she couldn't pay for her fuel," the owner, Beverley Page, told the Courier Mail.
"The girl was crying at the time and our person told her to just go outside and have another look for her wallet and take a deep breath and come back in," she said, adding the woman then drove off.
Queensland Deputy Premier Jackie Trad described the allegations as "absolutely horrific".
"I want people to understand that Queensland is a safe place and these sorts of things are the exception," she said on Wednesday.
"We want to make sure that violence against women, these sorts of crimes, are completely unacceptable."
The accused man was refused bail on Monday and will go before the courts again on 23 May.
Neither the man or the victim can be named for legal reasons, Queensland's Department of Justice said.


Southend United midfielder Michael Timlin said he was desperate to play against Peterborough on Tuesday, one day after the birth of his first child.

Timlin scored his first goal since March 2016 in the 4-1 League One win, which saw Southend move up to fifth.
"All the boys said before the game it was almost written in the stars, it was going to happen," the 31-year-old said.
"It's a fantastic feeling, the birth of my first child, Rafe, and getting the win tonight and scoring."
He added to BBC Essex: "We knew how important this win was for us because if Peterborough beat us we would be level on points, and with Millwall drawing at home it's a massive result."
According to Timlin, his son's birth came around an hour after team-mate Anton Ferdinand's own baby girl arrived. The Southend captain missed Tuesday's game at the ABAX Stadium.
Timlin said he only needed to be asked once by manager Phil Brown whether or not he wanted to play the match against fellow play-off hopefuls Posh.
"My missus started having some tweaks on Friday night and I was worried about the game on Saturday," he added.
"Then I was hoping it was going to happen on Sunday, then when it didn't happen I didn't want it to go close to Tuesday's game because we're on such a good run, I wouldn't have been happy to miss the game.
"Obviously you want to be there for the birth of your child, my first one, but my missus knew the situation - if we had the baby on time I definitely wanted to be playing."


US actor Sean Penn says he has no regrets regarding his secret Rolling Stone magazine interview with Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman.

The Associated Press news agency asked Mr Penn if he was worried about images that claimed to show Mexican officials watching him before the visit.
"I've got nothin' to hide," he wrote back in an email.
Guzman was captured on Friday, three months after their meeting and six months after escaping from prison.
Mr Penn did not answer questions about whether he should have let Guzman read his story in advance of publication, or whether he did enough to protect his source.
The actor was criticised for the interview - a White House spokesman said Guzman's boasts about his exploits were "maddening", while Republican Marco Rubio said the interview was "grotesque".
Who is 'El Chapo' Guzman? - The crime lord had humble beginnings.
Did Sean Penn break the law? - Unusual interview raises questions in the US and Mexico
Penn's 'El Chapo' interview scorned - It has been called "grotesque" and "maddening".
El Chapo extradition 'could take year' - American officials want Joaquin Guzman back in the US.
Who is Kate del Castillo? - Actress was instrumental in arranging the interview.
The US has filed a request for Guzman to be extradited to face charges of smuggling vast amounts of drugs into the country.
On Monday, Mexican officials said the process to extradite him to the US could take at least a year.
The interview was conducted in the Mexican jungle, and unnamed Mexican officials have said the meeting helped them catch the 58-year-old boss of the Sinaloa drug cartel.
Guzman has been returned to the maximum-security Altipano jail.
In July, he had escaped from there via a tunnel dug to the shower in his cell.
In the Rolling Stone article, Guzman said he was the world's leading supplier of heroin, methamphetamine, cocaine and marijuana.
The Mexican authorities have not said whether they would investigate Penn and Mexican actress Kate del Castillo who arranged the interview.


The head of the UK Border Force has stepped down after being blamed for letting thousands of foreigners into the country without proper checks.

Brodie Clark was suspended by the Home Secretary Theresa May last week after being accused of relaxing immigration controls beyond what she had asked for.
He now plans to lodge a claim for "constructive dismissal", and has denied acting improperly.
Earlier, Mrs May said he must "take full responsibility for his actions".
The home secretary allowed some checks on European travellers to be relaxed, but says Mr Clark went further in scaling back checks, without her approval.
In a statement, Mr Clark said his position at the UK Borders Agency had been made "untenable" because of the statements made in the House of Commons by Mrs May.
"Those statements are wrong and were made without the benefit of hearing my response to formal allegations," he said.
By Robin BrantPolitical correspondent
Brodie Clark is an angry senior civil servant - now former senior civil servant - who has decided to take the fight to the politicians.
Theresa May told parliament she approved a pilot programme to try to ease queues and focus resources on higher risk passengers, but Brodie Clark went further.
Further than she had given consent for. He now refutes that.
He didn't say she lied to parliament - a usually fatal political act - but he came close to saying that. He said he didn't do what she claimed he did.
Immigration and in particular the UKBA have proved incredibly problematic for governments; this one and the previous one.
It's clear that this home secretary, like others before her, didn't know about a key aspect of what was going on at the coalface, from Heathrow to Calais.
Theresa May will face intense questioning in Parliament tomorrow.
Some senior Tory backbenchers think Brodie Clark is likely to win his constructive dismissal case. That could be too much for her, and David Cameron, to sustain.
"The home secretary suggests that I added additional measures, improperly, to the trial of our risk-based controls. I did not. Those measures have been in place since 2008/09.
"The home secretary also implies that I relaxed the controls in favour of queue management. I did not.
"Despite pressure to reduce queues, including from ministers, I can never be accused of compromising security for convenience.
"This summer saw queues of over three hours (non EU) on a regular basis at Heathrow and I never once contemplated cutting our essential controls to ease the flow."
He said he was saddened his career should end in this way after 40 years of "dedicated service", and regretted Mrs May had "disregarded my right to reply" in favour of political convenience.
Although Mr Clark has left the Civil Service, technically he has not resigned, said Jonathan Baume from the First Division Association, the trade union which represents senior civil servants
He said Mr Clark had been willing to answer the issues raised internally.
"But instead he was suspended and the home secretary has spent two days basically traducing him and damning him without ever giving the civil servant the opportunity to present their case."
Mr Clark - one of three UKBA officials suspended last week - is due to give evidence to the home affairs select committee next week.
Earlier, Mrs May faced questions from that committee about her involvement in a pilot scheme.
She told MPs she had not told the Cabinet of her decision to allow officials to relax checks on some European travellers arriving in the UK as the "limited" pilot was an "operational matter" which "did not in any way put border security at risk".
She said the idea was that at busy times it was safer to carry out "intelligence-led" checks on suspicious passengers rather than mandatory checks on all passengers, including those who were "low risk".
Labour committee member David Winnick suggested ministers should take full responsibility for a "major blunder" on their watch and asked if there was any question of Mrs May resigning - to which the home secretary responded: "No."
She added that she would take responsibility for the authorised pilot, which she suggested had led to a 10% rise in the detection of illegal immigrants, but Mr Clark must "take full responsibility for his actions".
Mrs May has announced there will be three inquiries, the main one led by the Chief Inspector of the UK Border Agency, John Vine.
Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper said the "fiasco" for the home secretary was getting worse, now her version of events has been contradicted by "her most senior official" at the UK Border Force.
"First she decided to reduce border checks then lost control of her so-called 'pilot'. Now she has lost the loyalty of one of her most senior civil servants. The home secretary clearly doesn't know what has been happening at our borders."
Labour has put forward an opposition day motion calling for the government to publish the instructions Mrs May and Immigration Minister Damian Green gave to UKBA during Wednesday's debate on the affair.
The motion also asks whether they signed off operational instructions giving UKBA greater flexibility.
Labour MP Keith Vaz, the chairman of the home affairs committee, said Mr Clark "cast very serious doubt" on the home secretary's account his committee had heard just hours earlier.
"It's completely contradictory to what she said. This is a complete turnaround of events."
Speaking on BBC's Newsnight programme Mr Vaz said the committee would be writing to Mrs May with a number of new questions.
Chief executive of the UK Borders Agency Rob Whiteman said he suspended Mr Clark after he admitted last week to authorising staff to go further than ministerial instruction, on a number of occasions.
"In my opinion it was right for officials to have recommended the pilot so that we focus attention on higher risks to our border, but it is unacceptable that one of my senior officials went further than was approved," he added.


An East Kilbride-based windows supplier has gone bust, with the loss of 63 jobs.

TFD (Scotland) Ltd, which traded as Trade Frames Direct and Dalmatian Windows, had been in business for more than 13 years.
The company supplied double glazed windows to the housebuilding sector.
Provisional liquidator Donald McNaught, from Johnston Carmichael, said TFD had been hit by "customer difficulties".
They included the loss of a major deal following the insolvency of Muirfield Contracts in March 2015.
The liquidators are working with organisations, including Skills Development Scotland, to help the employees affected find new jobs.
Mr McNaught said: "Unfortunately the business has been unable to ensure sufficient cash flow to remain viable, despite repeated efforts by the directors to improve its position and protect jobs.
"We are now actively seeking buyers interested in the company's remaining stock, premises, plant and equipment."


Formula 1 has been through a turbulent time over the last year or so.

There have been rows, stand-offs and threats. At times, the very future of the sport has seemed in doubt.
Falling TV audiences and a poisonous atmosphere within the sport have led to the acceptance that something has to change.
And now, finally, F1's bosses are poised to sign off on a set of new regulations that they hope will guarantee a rosier future for the next few years, with faster cars, happier drivers, better racing and less financial strain on smaller teams.
The disputes have been about all aspects of the car - chassis, engine and tyres. And they became - and remain - very political.
But with the end-of-April deadline for completion looming, a resolution is in sight.
The turbo hybrid V6 'power-units' introduced into F1 in 2014 are masterpieces of technology that have produced a revolutionary step forward in the performance of the internal combustion engine.
If that sounds like hyperbole, consider this: until 2013, F1 engines - and pretty much every other petrol engine - had converted fuel-energy into performance at about 29% efficiency.
After just over two years of racing in F1, the new turbo hybrids are close to 50% efficiency - and over it when the energy recovery system is on full deployment. The progress is breathtaking - and the technology will soon filter into road cars, with obvious benefits.
But not everyone is a fan - most notably F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone.
The 85-year-old feels the hybrids are too expensive, unnecessarily complex for F1 and sound bad. It didn't help that having demonstrably the best engine led to Mercedes domination.
Last autumn, Ecclestone even threatened to introduce a cheap alternative engine into F1, to run alongside the hybrids under an equivalency formula. There were no prizes for guessing how that formula would be skewed.
This stand-off led to the manufacturers agreeing with governing body the FIA in December on four targets: cheaper engines, guaranteed supply, performance convergence and better noise.
Over the Chinese Grand Prix last weekend, Red Bull team boss Christian Horner said the manufacturers were "nowhere near" achieving this - and that as a result the alternative engine idea was back on the table.
But Mercedes F1 boss Toto Wolff said the manufacturers were "pretty much there" and sources close to the manufacturers say this is a more accurate representation of the reality.
BBC Sport can reveal that an agreement over engines has basically been reached. While details are still subject to tweaking, it is as follows:
As a parenthesis on the final point, it is actually not possible for Red Bull to find itself without an engine. Mercedes will never supply them and Ferrari are unlikely to. But Renault's new contract with F1, signed when it committed to buying the Lotus team last autumn, commits the French manufacturer to supplying another team if requested.
The caveat to the agreement is that it all needs to be agreed at the various legislative processes in meetings at the end of the month - starting with the strategy group on 26 April. But the signs are promising.
The manufacturers are resolute in their support for the hybrid engine concept, a point made by Ferrari president Sergio Marchionne over the Chinese Grand Prix weekend.
"We need to be careful about not turning this into something it shouldn't be," Marchionne said. "This is supposed to be the leading edge of the automotive industry and it needs to reflect the development of the wider industry.
"I am happy with the way in which the powertrain has developed. It doesn't meet everyone's objectives - Red Bull has got a different view - but we are of the view that we need to continue in this fashion and it's a view that's shared by the other engine manufacturers."
Ferrari have a right of veto over any rule change it deems to be contrary to its interests. So that's almost certainly that.
Over the winter, the undercurrent of dissatisfaction with the performance characteristics of Pirelli's F1 tyres turned into action.
Key stakeholders - including drivers - made it clear they felt that tyres on which drivers could not push hard for more than a couple of laps before they overheated and irretrievably lost performance were not appropriate for F1.
Pirelli, in a meeting with the FIA, team bosses and seven drivers at its headquarters in Milan in early February, said it could do whatever F1 wanted, but could they please define this formally.
Following protracted negotiations, what Pirelli refers to as a 'target letter' has now been sent by the FIA. BBC Sport can reveal its key points are as follows:
The FIA feels that these requirements will guarantee Pirelli has to produce a product more like what would be considered a normal racing tyre - one on which the requirement for management by driving under the limit to control thermal degradation is greatly reduced, and drivers can therefore push hard throughout a race.
Originally, teams and the FIA had also wanted Pirelli to guarantee that minimum tyre pressures be set at a point much closer to the optimum performance level of the tyre.
This is in response to complaints that pressures have been too high since Pirelli raised them on safety grounds following the high-speed blow-outs suffered by Nico Rosberg and Sebastian Vettel at last year's Belgian Grand Prix.
But the FIA has accepted that this is a difficult task for a tyre manufacturer - it was a point Michelin also made when it was in the running to be F1's supplier - so this requirement is not in the target letter.
The strategy group of leading teams more than a year ago set engineers the target of coming up with a set of rules that made the cars five to six seconds a lap quicker, more dramatic looking and did not negatively affect overtaking.
It has been a convoluted process - complicated by Pirelli's concerns about the loads created by these much faster cars.
But over the winter a compromise set of rules was agreed that would reduce lap times by about three to four seconds.
The key aspects are:
Mercedes have had misgivings about this process since the start. Last November, the world champions wrote a position paper pointing out their concerns.
It said that cars were already at or approaching historic highs in terms of both downforce and power and questioned the wisdom of speeding them up at a time when there were already concerns about whether the tyres could physically cope.
This argument was rejected by rivals, many of whom felt Mercedes were trying to protect a competitive advantage.
Over the weekend in China, Mercedes F1 boss Toto Wolff again voiced his concerns, saying cars should be left as they are.
"The longer you keep regulations stable the more the performance is going to converge between everybody," Wolff said. "And this is exactly what is happening now.
"The engines are converging. The teams are converging. The gains we are making are smaller as the curve flattens out, and the others are making bigger steps. So I think we have an ideal situation with great racing."
Change the rules again, Wolff said, and the inevitable consequence will be a divergence of chassis performance.
And he adds: "There will be more downforce which you won't see, just on pure lap time, and less overtaking because the wake is much more extreme."
But FIA F1 director Charlie Whiting has attempted to allay concerns that it will be harder for drivers to race closely with the 2017 cars.
"One of the things we have been talking about all along is the fact that we must not make it more difficult to follow another car, and that has been one of the underlying principles," Whiting says.
"So, we've done I believe the best we can, given we have to take everyone's views into account."
Several teams made it clear to Whiting in China that they had no appetite for a U-turn that would lead to abandoning the new rules - and Mercedes has no desire to undertake what would be the huge effort needed to try to make that happen.
That means it is "extremely doubtful", as one senior figure put it, that the plan for faster cars will be derailed.
So F1 will be entering a brave new world next year. And everyone involved is hoping it will be better than this one.


Myanmar's former military ruler sees erstwhile foe Aung San Suu Kyi as the country's "future leader" and has pledged support for her in a secret meeting, the general's grandson said.

Details of Friday's meeting between the two was revealed by General Than Shwe's grandson, who acted as intermediary.
He said in a Facebook post the meeting had lasted two-and-a-half hours.
Ms Suu Kyi led her National League for Democracy (NLD) party to a landslide election victory in November.
The election was the first openly contested general election in Myanmar (also known as Burma) in 25 years.
The BBC's Jonah Fisher in Myanmar says 82-year-old General Than Shwe, who headed the country's military junta until he stepped down in 2011, still wields enormous influence.
His grandson Nay Shwe Thway Aung quoted him as having said in the meeting: "It is the truth that she will become the future leader of the country," and "I will support her with all of my efforts".
It's not clear whether General Shwe's comments amount to a commitment to help Ms Suu Kyi change the clause of the constitution that bars her from becoming president because she has foreign children.
The last week has seen talks between all Myanmar's key players.
One topic on the table was the thorny question of who becomes Myanmar's next president.
Mrs Suu Kyi has previously told the BBC she would find a president as required, but "that won't stop me from making all the decisions as the leader of the winning party".
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How an individual sperm swims, against all the odds, through fluid to reach the fallopian tubes has been revealed - and it's all about rhythm.

Researchers from the UK and Japan found that the head and tail movements of sperm made patterns similar to the fields that form around magnets.
And these help to propel sperm towards the female egg.
Knowing why some sperm succeed and others fail could help treat male infertility, the researchers said.
More than 50 million sperm embark on the journey to fertilise an egg when a man and woman have sex.
About 10 reach the finish line - but there can only be one winner.
The journey is treacherous, says study author Dr Hermes Gadelha.
"Every time someone tells me they are having a baby, I think it is one of the greatest miracles ever - but no-one realises," says Dr Gadelha, a lecturer in applied mathematics at the University of York.
He and his team measured the beat of individual sperm cells' tails to try to understand the flow of fluid around the sperm.
It turns out that a "simple mathematical formula" explains the rhythmical patterns created, Dr Gadelha says.
And these movements help selected sperm cells move forward towards their holy grail - the female egg.
The study, published in the journal Physical Review Letters, says the next step is to use the model to predict how large numbers of sperm move.
Prof Allan Pacey, a sperm expert from the University of Sheffield, says a successful sperm is more than just about swimming prowess.
"The more we know about sperm the better. This might help infertility treatment in some small way but there are lots of other factors to consider too."
They include the number of sperm available, getting them to the right place at the right time and the DNA present in the head of the sperm.
When a man has ejaculated, 50 million to 150 million sperm are produced, and these cells immediately start swimming upstream towards a woman's fallopian tubes.
But it's not an easy journey - there are lots of hurdles to overcome for the male sex cells, which are just 0.065mm in length.
Only one sperm can penetrate the woman's egg and fertilise it, so the race is on.
First, they have to survive the vagina, where conditions mean most die. Then they have to avoid dead ends and being trapped before reaching the uterus.
On the way there are marauding white blood cells ready to kill them.
Finally, the remaining sperm arrive at the fallopian tubes, where they are fed and nourished.
But has an egg been released at exactly the right time to welcome the winning sperm? If not, the journey has all been in vain.


Two Cardiff runners have used a GPS tracking app to draw the outline of a giant Welsh dragon.

Martyn Driscoll and Alan Stone ran the length of a marathon to create the art work using the running app Strava.
The 28-mile (45km) route in Upper Brynamman, Carmarthenshire, took them more than eight hours.
The route was plotted by tracing the dragon's outline on a map and then using the app to track their run.
When uploaded to Strava, the route shows up as a picture.
The pair did their dragon run on 1 April and said their friends did not believe it was real at first - but they eventually convinced them it was genuine and not an April Fool.
Mr Stone, 57, from Whitchurch, said: "We needed to chose an area which was quite big, on open land with no fences, major rivers or roads or cliffs to fall off.
"You just have to follow the way the app is showing you. There were a couple of quarries we had to go around, so if you look at the tail it's a bit wobbly.
"I don't think anyone has done anything so detailed over such a large area before. It was great fun and kept us entertained on a wet day."
Mr Driscoll, 38, from Radyr, said the pair were inspired by other people doing similar things on Strava from across the world.
"The images people have created are quite basic and we wanted to test ourselves. What could be better than doing the Welsh dragon?" he said.
"It was quite easy to navigate using an iPhone with a spare battery pack.
"We are both competent runners but it took us a lot longer than we thought. At the bottom there was a huge bog which slowed us down, but we persevered."
A number of "Strava artists" have previously made headlines for using the cycling app to plot drawings.


A message in a bottle has been found in Panama - 22 years after it was posted in Sweden.

In 1992 brother and sister Erik and Lina Runestam, with their friend Christoffer Hogstrom dropped a letter in the sea in Hunnebostrand.
It was found in November by Leonard Pearson, who lives in Panama.
He said he used Google Translate to help him read the message and sent a reply, hoping it would reach the kids who wrote the message in a bottle.
Speaking to Newsbeat, Erik said: "My memory is a bit blurry because I just turned six that summer.
"We wanted to make it look old school so we burned the edges of the paper and we wrote a message saying we were in desperate need of help, saying we were stranded on a desert island."
Erik remembers being excited about sending the message in the bottle.
He told Newsbeat: "Our dad told us we should wait until the wind was blowing off land because it might go as far as England, so we were a bit excited about that.
"It would have travelled north of Denmark, through the English Channel to cross the Atlantic. Our hopes weren't that high to even get to England."
Erik had lost touch with his childhood friend Christoffer - they hadn't spoken for 10 years. So Erik was very surprised when Christoffer sent a photo of the letter with a reply from Panama.
The letter - dated 6 November 2014 - reads: "Bueno dias. I have found this message in a bottle at Playa del Dragos, Bocas del Toro.
"I used Google Translate, and it seems the message is in Swedish? I hope that the address is correct and that this letter reaches the kids who sent the message."
Erik told Newsbeat: "I really want to tell Leonard that it has reached us and we're no longer kids but he didn't post a return address so we're trying to find him."
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Sunderland need to use their "incredible" escape from relegation in the Premier League as a springboard to avoid further battles against the drop, says goalkeeper Vito Mannone.

The Wearsiders lost just one of their past 10 games and won two from four before Wednesday's 3-0 win against Everton sealed their safety.
Local rivals Newcastle were relegated by that win, as well as Norwich.
"We've done something incredible," Mannone told BBC Newcastle.
"But we've got to learn now not to put ourselves in the same situation.
"I'm annoyed that we have not avoided it. We've got a good squad, a good coaching staff and a good manager - and it needs to be a base for us to push on now."
Survival has secured a 10th consecutive season of Premier League football for the Black Cats, although this and the previous two seasons have been spent battling against the drop at the tail end of the campaign.
Last season, Dutchman Dick Advocaat came into the club to lead a survival charge, with Gus Poyet having achieved the same feat 12 months before.
"I always have a good feeling, this is Sunderland, before the end of the season something magic happens," Mannone added.
"We play like finals every game, pressure becomes enjoyment when you turn the pressure into positive results.
"I have to thank everyone of my team-mates and everyone involved with the club and the fans have been amazing.
"When you play top teams like Arsenal, Chelsea or Everton, if you play your way and you have these fans behind you, you'll do it."


Manuel Contreras - who headed Chile's intelligence service, Dina, during the government of Augusto Pinochet in the 1970s and 80s - has died in a military hospital in the capital, Santiago.

Doctors had earlier suspended all treatment for Gen Contreras, 86.
He had been sentenced to 500 years in jail for human rights abuses.
Victims' families say Dina was behind more than half the cases of murder, disappearance and torture under the Pinochet government.
Gen Contreras was one of the main architects of Plan Condor, a co-ordinated campaign of political repression and assassination by military governments in the southern cone of South America which is said to have killed tens of thousands of people across the region.
Gen Contreras had been in the military hospital in Santiago since the end of last month.
A presidential decree in 2009 announced that on his death, he would not receive any military honours.
Questions have been asked by left-wing parties as to why he was not deprived of his rank of general when first sentenced.


A man has been jailed for raping an 11-year-old girl in his car near her home.

Ross Muir, 36, claimed the girl had pretended to be older when they made contact through social media.
He picked her up outside her house in the Wester Hailes area of Edinburgh and drove around before returning close to the scene and attacking her.
Muir, of Monktonhall, denied the charge but was convicted at the High Court in Edinburgh. Sentence was deferred and he was remanded in custody.
A DNA match to Muir was found on samples taken from the girl's body and clothing after the attack, which took place on 10 or 11 October last year.
Following Muir's conviction, Det Chf Insp Martin MacLean said: "This was a harrowing incident for the young victim, the effects of which are likely to be borne by her for the rest of her life.
"I would like to commend her courage in coming forward and in giving evidence against Muir which has helped to secure this conviction.
"This was a painstaking investigation which secured damning forensic evidence against Muir and highlights the dangers present with modern communications technology."


Chester caretaker boss Jon McCarthy hopes that winning their last three games of the season will help him land the manager's job at Bumpers Lane.

The nine points they earned from their final three National League fixtures of the season saw the club to safety.
And it can only have strengthened the case of the 45-year-old former Port Vale, York City, Birmingham City and Northern Ireland international winger.
"What I won't do now is put any pressure on the board," said McCarthy.
"They gave me an opportunity and they have been great with me."
McCarthy has had experienced centre-half Ian Sharps as his assistant in his four games in charge since the abrupt sacking of Steve Burr.
And the popular, mild-mannered McCarthy's priority in that time has been to make it clear in the dressing room that he has what it takes to be the main man.
"I've been around the club for a while in a different capacity and it was just about changing the perception of me," Middlesbrough-born McCarthy told BBC Radio Merseyside.
"People who know me know what I was like but there were a lot of fans who didn't know who I was. But I have my vision and philosophy for the club, and I am grateful they have given me a chance and listened to what I have had to say."
McCarthy is understood to be on a four-man shortlist, all of whom are to be interviewed this week.
The first task for whoever gets the job will be to sort out a contractual situation which means that only four Chester players - goalkeeper Jon Worsnop, midfielder Tom Shaw, winger Craig Mahon and promising youngster Sam Hughes - are signed up for next season.


The political leader of the militant Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas says the results of Israel's elections will further diminish hopes for peace.

Khaled Meshaal told the BBC the victory of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party and its right-wing allies meant there would be "more extremism".
He said Hamas was not looking for any escalation, but would defend itself.
Militants in Gaza led by Hamas fought a 50-day war with Israel last summer that left more than 2,200 people dead.
Last week, Amnesty International said rockets and mortar attacks on civilian areas in Israel during the conflict amounted to war crimes.
Hamas is designated a terrorist organisation by Israel, the US and other countries due to its long record of attacks on Israelis and its refusal to renounce violence. Under its charter, the group is committed to the destruction of Israel.
But to its supporters Hamas is seen as a legitimate resistance movement.
In an interview with BBC Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen in Qatar, Mr Meshaal said attacks on Israel would continue "as long as there is occupation, aggression, war and killing".
But he stressed that Hamas was "careful to respect international humanitarian law and to target only military targets".
Khaled Meshaal looked to be in good health. "Keep fit to keep on resisting," he joked before the interview.
He was noticeably slimmer than when we last met in Damascus, before he relocated to Doha with his staff. For years, President Bashar al-Assad gave Mr Meshaal an HQ and protection. But he said "when we were asked to side with the regime against the will of the people, we refused."
Most of the armed rebels in Syria are, like Hamas, Sunni Muslims. Mr Meshaal rejected Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's accusation that Hamas was the same as the jihadist groups Islamic State and al-Qaeda, condemning them as un-Islamic.
He seemed to be calibrating his comments on the conflict with Israel to catch the prevailing mood of anger towards Mr Netanyahu in the White House, after his sharp turn to the ultra-nationalist Israeli Right in the last days of the election campaign.
Mr Meshaal called for a sovereign independent Palestinian state and an end to the occupation of land captured in the 1967 Middle East war. So did the White House chief of staff earlier this week.
Netanyahu win dims peace process prospects
Netanyahu win gives Obama a headache
The Palestinians, he asserted, had shown that they were "flexible, serious and keen to achieve a just and rightful peace".
"But Israel killed the peace process," he added, blaming Mr Netanyahu's outgoing government, along with "extremist forces" in Israel, for the collapse of the US-brokered direct negotiations last year.
"Israeli policies have always been bad, but today the Israeli Right is on the rise, and that produced Netanyahu's victory in the last election. So it is going to get more difficult and we will see more extremism in the Israeli mentality."
Although Hamas has opposed years of on-off peace talks between the Palestinian Authority and Israel, Mr Meshaal said he and the group had agreed to accept the boundaries which existed before the 1967 Middle East war as the basis for those of a future Palestinian state.
Mr Meshaal urged the international community to grant the Palestinians full recognition at the United Nations. He noted Mr Netanyahu's pre-election vow not to allow a Palestinian state, which was criticised by US President Barack Obama.
The Israeli leader has since insisted that he was not rejecting a two-state solution outright, but that he believed it was impossible right now.
Dore Gold, a former adviser to Mr Netanyahu and Israeli ambassador to the UN, told the BBC it was impossible for Israel to agree to a two-state solution given the threat posed by Hamas, which he insisted was a jihadist group.
"Hamas in the Gaza Strip is allied with Ansar Beit al-Maqdis, the jihadist movement in the Sinai peninsula. They work together, and that organisation is now part of Islamic State," he said.
"You can tell what an organisation is by the friends it keeps, and Hamas is clearly in the jihadist category."
In his interview, Mr Meshaal dismissed comparisons between Hamas and IS.
"This is an obvious Israeli game," he said. "They are trying to be on the same page as the West and the US administration - that they are together in the 'War on Terror'."
Hamas, he added, was "an active resistance with a just cause, battling the occupier."
"Others practice violence under the name of jihad, which we condemn. And this is not Islam. Islam encourages its followers to fight those who occupy their land and their sacred places. But Islam does not allow killing innocent people, civilians, or killing based on identity, belief and different views, political or religious."


Irish police officers should be issued with stun guns, according to the Garda Representative Association (GRA), which represents rank and file officers.

GRA president Dermot O'Brien told Irish broadcaster RTÉ that the force's unarmed status was envied but he added that society was becoming more dangerous.
Ahead of the GRA annual conference on Monday, Mr O'Brien said officers needed an "intermediate form of force" such as a stun gun.
He also said they were angry about pay.
The GRA president said his members had taken a 25% pay cut since 2009 and he called for their salaries to be restored by the next government.
The GRA is the largest professional body to represent members of An Garda Síochána (Irish police force) and campaigns for better pay and working conditions.
Its membership currently stands at about 10,500 officers.


A planned overtime ban on Southern railway by the drivers' union Aslef has been suspended to allow time for new talks, the union says.

Members were due to start the ban on Sunday as part of the long-running dispute over the introduction of driver-only-operated trains.
Mick Whelan, Aslef's general secretary, said the move came after a meeting with Southern earlier.
He said Southern had indicated it would discuss "a range of issues".
The union said it would discuss driver's terms and conditions, industrial relations and pay.
Mr Whelan said: "Industrial action is always the last resort; we would much rather talk and negotiate than take industrial action.
"The company has indicated that it is prepared to negotiate with us on a range of outstanding issues and, therefore, we have suspended our overtime ban.
"We now have a fortnight to try and find a resolution."
Nick Brown, chief operating officer of Southern's parent company Govia Thameslink Railway, said: "We are pleased that Aslef has suspended the drivers' overtime ban.
"This will allow talks to continue, on a wide range of issues including pay. We aim to continue to find a way forward over the next few weeks and finally bring matters to a conclusion."
The drivers' union has been in a year-long dispute with Southern and its parent company Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) over the roles of train staff.
GTR replaced conductors with "on-board supervisors" to work across different services but without the responsibility of closing doors - which has switched to train drivers.
Talks between Southern and the RMT union over the change of roles of guards to on-board-supervisors were adjourned last month.


The site of a "Disneyland-sized" lorry park designed to ease tailbacks caused by Operation Stack has been announced.

Spaces at the 3,600-space park, in Stanford West, Kent, will be available from next summer in a bid to reduce congestion on the M20.
During Operation Stack, which was in force 32 times last summer, the motorway was turned into an HGV park for up to 5,000 lorries.
Critics have accused the government of being "too hasty" in its plans.
Stack was activated last year when cross-Channel services were disrupted by the Calais migrant crisis and French ferry worker strikes.
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It was blamed for widespread congestion on the motorway and in the surrounding area - sparking concerns for the local economy and hauliers' income.
Ministers previously said it would provide up to £250m for a permanent lorry area.
In June, the contract to build the site was awarded to Balfour Beatty.
Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) said it was "dismayed" at the decision to build the lorry park at Sanford.
CPRE Kent tweeted: "Spending £250m on lorry park the size of Disneyland in Kent countryside is not the solution to Operation Stack - dismayed at today's decision."
Last month the Transport Select Committee listed possible alternatives, including upgrading the M20, the A2/M2, increasing the capacity of cross-Channel services, or building a network of smaller lorry parks.
During a public consultation, two thirds of those who took part said Stanford West should be the preferred site over the alternative - north of junction 11 at Westenhanger.
New entry and exit slip roads will be built on the eastbound carriageway of the M20, providing direct access to the lorry park, the Department for Transport said.
Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin, said: "Operation Stack is only ever used as a last resort but we recognise the impact it has on roads in Kent, and are determined to deliver an alternative solution.
"The new lorry area by the M20 will deliver better journeys for drivers and will not only support the region's economy but also businesses as far away as Scotland that rely on the M20 to access the Port of Dover and the Channel Tunnel."
3,600
lorries can use the proposed park
Ministers have pledged £250m
In summer 2015 Operation Stack was implemented 32 times
The cost to the Kent economy each day was estimated to have been  £1.45m
Operation Stack was first introduced as a temporary measure in  1988
Matthew Balfour, the Kent County Council cabinet member for environment and transport said: "For years we have argued that a solution to the problem of Operation Stack - blighting not only Kent's residents and businesses but much of the UK - needs to be considered.
"Last year's Stack had an estimated cost to the Kent and Medway economy of around £1.45 million a day and across the country it was estimated to be about £250 million a day."
The Freight Transport Association has welcomed the announcement, saying the lorry park will "end the misery for thousands of residents and businesses".
Natalie Chapman, from the association, said: "However, the design of the lorry site is crucial to ensure that trucks can be quickly moved to the port and Eurotunnel as soon as capacity is available.
"It is important that the lorry park doesn't become out of sight, out of mind. We still need to tackle the causes of Operation Stack."


Bill Clinton told Tony Blair he had "that choirboy look" - and offered to babysit for his children when he left office, newly released records show.

Transcripts of candid conversations between the former US president and the ex-UK prime minister have been published following a BBC FOI request.
They start with Mr Clinton congratulating Mr Blair on his 1997 general election victory.
Soon afterwards, Mr Blair is already targeting a second term in office.
"We are having a hell of a time getting under way - the honeymoon doesn't last long," he said as Mr Clinton attended a meeting of his new Cabinet.
"The second term is what we need; to take nothing for granted and not rely on the other side's unpopularity."
In a conversation straight after Labour's election victory, Mr Clinton commiserates with Mr Blair for "getting so much grief with the press".
"Always the Right attack you and the Left don't defend you," Mr Blair replies.
The transcripts of calls and meetings between the two leaders also cover the Northern Ireland peace process and the death of Princess Diana, as documented in a blog by BBC Freedom of Information specialist Martin Rosenbaum.
They have been released by the Clinton Presidential Library, which stores the records of his presidency.
In one conversation, Mr Clinton praises Gordon Brown, then Mr Blair's chancellor, at a meeting of international finance ministers.
"He was terrific, you would have been really proud of him," he says.
"Bloody bright, isn't he?" Mr Blair replies.
When the US president speaks of his affection for Durham Cathedral, Mr Blair says: "I was a choirboy at the cathedral in Durham, if you can believe that."
"You still have that choirboy look," replies Mr Clinton.
Towards the end of the exchanges, in 2000, Mr Blair is preparing for the birth of his fourth child. and Mr Clinton is soon to leave office.
"You know, after January I'm available for babysitting duties," he says.
"I wouldn't say that or you'll be doing it," Mr Blair replies.
"You said you wanted to continue my work with the Third Way," Mr Clinton says, "and this is it:  helping Blair balance life and family".


Robbie Keane took part in full training on Monday in a bid to prove his fitness for the Republic of Ireland's Euro 2016 opener against Sweden on 13 June.

Keane, who missed the warm-up games against the Netherlands and Belarus with a calf injury, trained with his leg strapped.
Jonathan Walters and Robbie Brady sat out the session in Abbotstown.
The squad were given the weekend off but resumed training on Monday and will travel to France on Wednesday.
Manager Martin O'Neill put the squad through their paces at their Dublin base with Everton midfielder James McCarthy also taking a full part in the session having recovered from his groin and hamstring injury.
Stoke forward Walters sat out the warm-up as he gets over his Achilles strain, as did Norwich winger Brady.
The pair trained separately but are expected to be fully fit for the Group E opener at the Stade de France.
The Republic face Belgium and Italy after their match against Sweden.


During his presidential campaign, and since taking office, Donald Trump has repeatedly warned of the dangers facing the United States.

"I have learned a lot in the past two weeks," he told a meeting of police officers in Washington DC on Wednesday.
"Terrorism is a far greater threat than the people of our country understand. I'm going to take care of it."
His comments came as the legal battle continued over his travel ban on people from seven Muslim-majority nations. Not putting the ban in place would mean the US "can never have the security and safety to which we are entitled", he said on Twitter.
On Wednesday, he also lamented inner-city violence, as well as the killing of police officers.
It is a vision of an America full of danger, with multiple threats on many fronts, encapsulated by the new president's inaugural address referencing "American carnage". But is it correct?
"The number of officers shot and killed in the line of duty last year increased by 56% from the year before," President Trump said on Wednesday. And the statistic is accurate, unlike some others he has quoted in the past.
The number of officers shot and killed in the line of duty did indeed jump 56%, from 41 in 2015 to 64 last year - that's according to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund.
It is a stark statistic. More stark still is the fact that 21 of those officers were killed in ambush-style shootings, a 163% increase on the previous year.
However, it would be incorrect to read from this that a wave of police shootings has swept the country. Eight of those killings were in two assaults in 10 days in July 2016, in Dallas, Texas and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and occurred in the context of protests against police killings of African-Americans.
"Last year in Dallas, police officers were targeted for execution - think of this, whoever heard of this?" President Trump told the meeting of police officers.
But the targeting of police officers is not in itself a new phenomenon - it is only that 2016 had higher numbers than before. And statistics show that officers are still more likely to be shot dead responding to a domestic disturbance than any other incident.
In fact, if you look at the bigger picture, police deaths on duty have been dropping for some time.
The worst year for police deaths was 1930, when 307 died. More recently, there was a peak of 241 in 2001, largely due to the 11 September attacks.
But between 2011 and 2013, there was an almost 40% drop in police fatalities - from 177 to 109. The numbers have crept up again in the years since - up 10% in 2016 to 135 - but there is an overall pattern of decline, with the numbers now down to the levels of the 1950s.
Having said that, the likelihood of a police officer being shot dead is far higher than that of a member of the public being killed by the police.
64
police officers shot dead
963
people shot dead by police
0.007% of police officers shot dead
0.00003% of general population shot dead by police
0.0005% of black population shot dead by police
Read more: How many police die every year?
"Right now, many communities in America are facing a public safety crisis," President Trump told police in Washington on Wednesday. "Murders in 2015 experienced their largest single-year increase in nearly half a century.
His statement is factually correct (though he has often, wrongly, said that the murder rate was the highest it has been in nearly half a century, and even attacked the press on Tuesday for not reporting this falsehood.)
There was a 10.8% jump in nationwide murder rates from 2014 to 2015, and that represents the biggest year-to-year increase since 1970-71, according to the fact-checking website Politifact.
But it is again important to look at the longer-term trend.
The number of reported murders and rapes across the country did indeed increase from 2014 to 2015, as did robberies.
But all are still below the levels they were at 10 years ago - and are respectively 13%, 6% and 34% lower than 20 years ago (even though the population of the US has increased by 55 million in that time).
The picture is more mixed in large cities, however.
Last month, The Economist magazine, having obtained an early look at the 2016 FBI data for violence in 50 US cities, showed that there were four broad trends in play.
Murder rates are stable in 13 of the 50 cities, including Los Angeles and New York, which saw 11 days without a murder in 2015.
In 15 other cities, including Houston and Las Vegas, murder rates are low but increasing. In another nine, including Philadelphia and Detroit, they are high but stable. And in 13, including Indianapolis and Chicago, they are high and rising. (You can read The Economist's analysis here).
In Chicago, murders rose sharply last year, with more than 760 last year compared with 473 the year before. Up to then, there had been a steady fall in the number of murders since a peak of the early 70s.
Mr Trump has repeatedly used the city as an example. "In Chicago, more than 4,000 people were shot last year alone and the rate so far this year has been even higher. What is going on in Chicago?" he said on Wednesday.
Last month, he even threatened to send federal agents into the city if the violence did not subside.
But again, worrying though recent increases in violence in some cities may be, it is critical to look at how those increases fit in to a longer-term trend.
Ames Grawert, of the Brennan Center for Justice, co-authored a report into crime rates in US cities, and spoke to the BBC's More or Less programme. "If you look at crime rates in American cities in the past 30 years, even with the recent uptick in murders in some cities, we are very far below where we used to be with murder rates in big cities like New York and Los Angeles."
Read more (from 2015): Why have cities' murder rates increased?
President Trump, when he announced the travel restrictions last month, said it was to "keep radical Islamic terrorists out of the US". The restrictions, now in legal limbo, affected citizens from Iraq, Syria, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen - the measures also blocked Syrian refugees from arriving in the US.
So how big a problem is terrorism in the US? First of all, Mr Trump, like other presidents before him, measures the danger of terrorism to the US according to what could happen, rather than what has happened. His comment "I have learned a lot in the past two weeks" indicated he had specific information on the threat to the US.
And secondly, it all depends on what your definition of what terrorism is (more on that later on).
Read more: Trump says terror attacks 'under-reported': Is that true?
One study, by the libertarian Cato Institute, details 3,432 murders committed on US soil between 1975 and late 2015 that it says can be classified as terrorist attacks. Of those, 88% were committed by foreign-born terrorists who entered the country (the 2,977 deaths in the 11 September attacks make up a large chunk of these fatalities).
But does this mean Americans should be worried about being caught up in a terror attack caused by a foreign-born national? Take a look at the numbers the Cato Institute came up with to provide context:
1 in 3.6m
chance of an American dying in a terror attack on US soil committed by a foreigner
1 in 3.64bn chance of American dying in terror attack caused by refugee
1 in 10.9bn chance of American dying in terror attack caused by illegal immigrant
The report's author, Alex Nowrasteh, concluded the number of Americans killed in a terror attack by someone from one of the seven countries on Mr Trump's list, between 1975 and 2015, was zero.
(He does point out that six Iranians, six Sudanese, two Somalis, two Iraqis, and one Yemeni were convicted of attempting or carrying out terrorist attacks on US soil in that time).
Only three deaths were attributed to refugees in the 40 years spanned by the report - and those were caused by three Cuban terrorists in the 1970s.
For some perspective, here are some other causes of death in the US in 2015 alone:
979
people killed by "accidental suffocation or strangulation in bed"
57 by bees, hornets or wasps
21 by glass
22 by contact with hot water from a tap
Far more dangerous than terrorism to Americans are painkillers.
The leading cause of accidental death in the United States is now overdoses from painkillers - opioid medicines kill 60 people a day, or 22,000 a year, according to the National Safety Council.
But it is impossible to discuss the threat from terrorism without looking at how the US defines terrorism itself - and therein lies the problem. Even the FBI says there is "no single, universally accepted, definition of terrorism". The State Department defines terrorism as "premeditated, politically motivated violence perpetrated against non-combatant targets by subnational groups or clandestine agents".
In that case, there is an argument that shootings should be defined as terrorism: those such as the racially-motivated killing of nine black worshippers in South Carolina by a self-avowed white supremacist,  the murder of 26 people including children in Newtown, Connecticut, and the murder of 12 people in a Colorado cinema.
If the number of people killed in shootings in the US were considered terrorism - at least 15,055 people were shot dead last year, according to the Gun Violence Archive - then the likelihood of an American being killed in an act of terrorism would increase substantially.


Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney looks set to return to Everton over the weekend on a free transfer.

BBC Sport understands there is "quiet optimism" that a deal is close and that Rooney, 31, wants to return to Goodison - 13 years after he left for United - despite interest from other clubs.
United will waive a fee and may also fund part of Rooney's £13m wages.
He is unlikely to be part of the United party who leave for their pre-season tour of the United States on Sunday.
The deal is not connected to United's ongoing pursuit of Everton forward Romelu Lukaku.
Rooney signed a new four-and-a-half-year contract during the 2013-14 campaign, which included the option of a further season, but the Old Trafford club have no intention of triggering that clause.
The future of the the former England captain, who started 15 Premier League games last season, has been the subject of speculation for several months.
Asked in May whether he wanted to stay at Old Trafford, he said: "Of course. I've been at this club for 13 years, but I want to play football."
Rooney began his career at Goodison Park before joining United for £27m in August 2004.
Meanwhile, United have appointed former Sunderland manager Ricky Sbragia as their new Under-23 manager.
Sbragia, who left the Scottish FA last  month, spent three years in charge of the reserves at United from 2002.


Top seed Rafael Nadal suffered a shock straight-sets defeat to Dustin Brown in his first match on grass this year at the Gerry Weber Open in Germany.

The Spaniard, who won his ninth French Open title on Sunday, lost his serve three times as he lost 6-4 6-1 in under an hour in the Halle second round.
World number 85 Brown will play Philipp Kohlschreiber in the quarter-finals.
Roger Federer began his preparations for Wimbledon with a three-set victory over Portugal's Joao Sousa.
The Swiss defending champion and second seed won 6-7 (8-10) 6-4 6-2 to reach the last eight.
"I didn't play," Nadal said. "That can happen when you play an opponent like this. But I don't want to talk about the opponent.
"For the first four games he didn't put any returns on the court and then suddenly he was playing winners from the return, so it's difficult to analyze these kinds of matches.
"The only thing I can do is keep working the way that I did the last three days, because I came here, I tried hard, I tried my best."
Brown, from Germany, said: "I never played against a world number one before, never played him before, so this is just crazy for me."
Federer, a six-time champion in Halle, was playing his first match since he lost to Ernests Gulbis in the French Open fourth round.
"The first day when I came here to practise it was bit so-so and everyday after that was very good," said Federer, who will play Taiwan's Lu Yen-hsun in the next round.
"It was important to stay calm (after losing the first set) and actually it gives me more confidence winning this way than maybe just 6-4 6-4, and you don't quite know what is going on."
Third seed Milos Raonic of Canada lost 6-4 6-4 to German wildcard Peter Gojowczyk on Wednesday.


A 44-year-old woman who was found dead at an address in Rhondda Cynon Taff has been named by police.

Anna Jura's body was discovered in Penrhiwceiber, near Mountain Ash, on Thursday. Police said her death was being treated as suspicious.
A 72-year-old man who had been helping officers with their inquiries has been released.
The investigation into the circumstances surrounding Ms Jura's death is ongoing.


Zimbabwe's ex-military chief Solomon Mujuru has died in a fire at his farm, the state security minister has said.

Mr Mujuru, 62, was one of Zimbabwe's most senior politicians and married to Vice-President Joice Mujuru.
Analysts say his death is likely to intensify turmoil in President Robert Mugabe's party over the question of who will succeed the 87-year-old leader.
Under his nom de guerre, Rex Nhongo, he was the director of Mr Mugabe's forces during the 1970s' war of independence.
State Security Minister Sydney Sekeramayi said Gen Mujuru died in a fire at his farmhouse in Beatrice, about 80km (50 miles) south of the capital, Harare, in the early hours of Tuesday.
"We came here early in the morning after we were told what had happened. I still thought he might have been badly burnt, it was difficult to reconcile that he actually died - burnt beyond recognition," Mr Sekeramayi told state-run ZBC television.
"Rex Nhongo, Gen Solomon Mujuru, was just a charred body - one of Zimbabwe's greatest sons," the minister said, struggling to hold back his emotion.
Pathologists and police are investigating the cause of the fire at the 3,500-acre farm that had been seized from a white farmer in 2001.
A close relative told the BBC the family had no idea what caused the fire which eventually engulfed the farmhouse.
It began when the general was alone. Guards noticed plumes of smoke and called the maid, the relative said.
They tried to get into the house but the flames were so fierce they could not enter, they said.
When the fire service arrived the general's body was found close to the front door apparently overcome by the fumes, the relative said.
Obituary: Zimbabwe's 'king-maker'
The BBC's Brian Hungwe in Harare says Gen Mujuru was a senior politburo member in the Zanu-PF party and regarded as a moderate.
He was a strategist and rumoured power broker in divisive Zanu-PF succession politics, he says.
His death will create a void and leave his wife - one of the country's two vice-presidents - exposed, analysts say.
There has been fierce rivalry between the Mujurus and Defence Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa for control of the party.
During the war against Rhodesian rule in the 1970s, Gen Mujuru led the armed struggle together with the late Josiah Tongogora.
Knox Chitiyo, of the London-based think-tank Royal United Services Institute, knew Gen Mujuru personally and said he was someone "who couldn't be pushed around".
"He was very, very respected particularly among the military in Zimbabwe and among the liberation war veterans. His liberation war credentials were pretty impeccable," Mr Chitiyo told the BBC.
He said Gen Mujuru had also proved his mettle after independence during the early 1980s.
"He had to handle a lot of internal politics within the party, a lot of politics within the military and for him to be able to handle that and retain his capacity as head of the military showed that he was a tough guy," Mr Chitiyo added.
The circumstances of the death would raise a number of questions, he said.
"There's definitely going to be a lot of speculation about this, for two reasons: One is [that] his predecessor died in a car crash and also because of what's going on right now in Zimbabwean politics - the issues around the succession, the possible elections, possibly next year."
Our reporter says it was Gen Mujuru who implored the freedom fighters in Mozambique during the conflict to accept Mr Mugabe as the leader of the Zanla rebel movement forces after his release from detention in 1974.
At independence in 1980 he took over the command of the army, before retiring and going into business 10 years later.
Our reporter says as the leading commander of the liberation war against colonial rule, he is expected to be buried at the national shrine, Heroes Acre, some time this week.


Football fans gathered to watch England play France at Wembley and came together to sing La Marseillaise, the French national anthem.

18 November 2015 Last updated at 07:36 GMT
The show of unity comes four days after Paris, the capital city of France, was attacked.
Pictures from the FA.


The NHS will "sleepwalk into disaster" in north Wales without changes to hospitals, according to a health service official.

Plans are being discussed to concentrate general emergency surgery at two hospitals instead of three.
The two hospitals will be chosen from Wrexham Maelor, Ysbyty Gwynedd in Bangor and Glan Clwyd in Bodelwyddan.
Betsi Cadwaladr heath board says some services need to centralise as they are spread too thinly.
While general emergency surgery would continue at two hospitals, the third - which has not yet been chosen - would be used for elective, or planned, surgery.
The health board is considering a range of options and changes will be announced in April.
Betsi Cadwaladr medical director Matthew Makin said the board is responding to an ageing population, wants to stop an "over-reliance" on using hospitals to care for people and is contending with difficulties recruiting doctors for all specialties across the UK.
"So at the moment we are faced with those three big challenges and if we do nothing we would simply be sleepwalking into disaster," he said.
There is concern among some staff about the changes, particularly at Glan Clwyd who fear their hospital will be chosen, according to an exchange of leaked emails.
Plaid Cymru AM Llyr Gruffydd said: "The overriding consideration in any change to the health service has to be clinically led, has to be led by the professional views of the medical experts.
"And what emerges in the emails of course is that is not the case."
BBC Wales can also reveal the Community Health Council (CHC) has warned that staff are deeply divided.
In a letter to the board's leadership, the chairman and chief officer of the CHC said a workshop in January "would have been fine for scene-setting five years ago when sustainable services were first addressed, but that at this late stage it was woefully short on detail".


NHS services in England are facing a "mission impossible" to meet the standards required by the government, health bosses say.

The warning has been made by NHS Providers, which represents hospital, mental health and ambulance trusts.
It said front-line services simply do not have enough money - and predicts longer waits for hospital operations and more delays in A&E as a result.
But ministers said the NHS has been given the money it needs.
The NHS budget is increasing this Parliament, but not by as much as the health service has traditionally got.
NHS Providers predicts its members, which account for nearly two-thirds of health spending, will get Â£89.1bn in 2017-18 - that is 2.6% more than they got this year, but crucially just half of the 5.2% demand is expected to grow by.
Chief executive Chris Hopson said it was time for the government to "sit up and listen".
He described the goals for next year - to get back to hitting the waiting time targets for A&E and hospital operations, while balancing the budget - as "mission impossible".
"NHS trusts will strain every sinew to deliver the commitments made for the health service. But we now have a body of evidence showing that, with resources available, the NHS can no longer deliver what the NHS constitution requires of it.
"We fear that patient safety is increasingly at risk."
The analysis carried out by NHS Providers predicts that the numbers waiting in A&E longer than the four-hour target will increase by 40% next year to 1.8m, while the numbers waiting beyond the 18-week target for routine treatments, such as knee and hip operations, will go up by 150% to around 100,000.
A Department of Health spokeswoman said extra money was being invested in the NHS and pointed out the Budget had set aside more funding for social care, which would also help relieve the pressures on hospitals in particular.
She added the government had a "strong plan to improve performance" and accused NHS Providers of failing to acknowledge the steps that were being taken.


Two American women have passed the gruelling training programme of the US Army Rangers -  one of the military's most elite special operations forces.

While the women will graduate from the school on Friday, they will not serve in the 75th Ranger Regiment.
The US military has yet to lift a ban on women serving in the fighting force.
This is the first year women attended the training after President Barack Obama ordered the military to accept women in combat roles by 2016.
The military is working determine how to best integrate women into combat roles. Opening the Ranger training to women this year is part of that effort.
"This course has proven that every soldier, regardless of gender, can achieve his or her full potential," Secretary of the Army John McHugh said on Monday.
The army did not name the women but said they are officers and graduates of the US Military Academy at West Point, New York.
The two successful graduates will wear the prestigious Ranger Tab on their uniforms.
The 61-day training began in April with 380 men and 19 women. Ninety-four men will graduate will alongside the two women.
More than half of candidates - male and female - fail the programme in the first four days of difficult marches, navigation drills and physical fitness tests.
Candidates can train up to 20 hours each day and get a limited amount of sleep.
The training has been watched closely as the military adjusts its policies on female service members. Some critics have alleged the women were granted more lenient treatment, a charge the army denies.
"The feedback I've gotten with these women is how incredibly prepared they are," Retiring Army Chief of Staff Gen Raymond T Odierno told the Washington Post. "They've impressed all that they've come in contact with. They are clearly motivated... and frankly, that's what we want out of our soldiers."
Female soldiers make up about 15% of the army. Since the decision to open combat positions to women, the Department of Defense says they have been granted access to about 91,000 Army positions of the 331,000 that were previously unavailable to them.
Advocates for women say that when female service members have served in combat situations they have performed well.
They also say that excluding women from combat roles has made it harder for female service members to advance to the top levels of the military.


Germany beat Argentina 1-0 in the 2014 Fifa World Cup final - but who starred in the showpiece?

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Substitute Mario Gotze underlined the strength in depth of the Germany squad by coming on to score a wonderful volley in the second period of extra time.
But how did he do in our player ratings?
BBC Sport online's football editor Howard Nurse assessed how the Germany players performed, while journalist Chris Bevan judged the Argentina displays.
The sweeper-keeper was relieved to see Gonzalo Higuain and Lionel Messi drag shots wide of the target with only the Bayern Munich stopper to beat. Neuer was always in command of his area and showed Higuain no mercy with a punched clearance which took out the ball and his opponent. Strong display despite Argentina failing to muster a shot on target.
Danny Mills's view: "Argentina never tested Neuer. We know he is a fantastic goalkeeper, but that was their downfall. They did not take their chances in those big moments."
Always looked to get forward but never forgot his responsibilities further back. The Bayern man demonstrated a superb range of passes. In fact, he managed more accurate forward passes (69) than any other player on the pitch. A steady if not spectacular display.
Found himself under pressure early on and struggled (and who wouldn't?) against the pace of Messi. Looked more assured in the second half and made a number of crucial interceptions to deny Argentina a shot on target in normal time, but ran out of steam towards the end.
Rio Ferdinand's view: "Hummels lacked mobility - outside the box he was left a few times."
Could have been sent off for an ugly, high tackle on Pablo Zabaleta. Howedes was unlucky to see his close-range header crash against a post in first-half injury time. Occasionally sloppy when put under pressure but generally he patrolled the left side of defence with authority.
Got better as the match progressed. Made a number of important tackles and clearances after initially being troubled by the pace of the Argentine counter-attacks. The Bayern centre-back was dominant and was Germany's star performer. Man of the match.
Rio Ferdinand's view: "Boateng was immense today."
Called in at the last minute to replace the unfortunate Sami Khedira, who was hurt in the warm-up. Kramer suffered a nasty blow to his head after being crudely clattered by Ezequiel Garay. Unwisely continued after receiving treatment and was replaced after half-an-hour looking dazed.
Cautioned on his 108th international appearance, Schweinsteiger was Germany's most influential player in terms of possession and distribution. He produced what Germany would have expected from him. A calm, controlled and assured display.
Kroos - one of the World Cup's top midfielders - had a huge let-off when his misplaced header let in Higuain, only for the Argentine to produce an even worse shot. Dropped deeper as part of a German reshuffle, but still a big influence. Wasted a great late chance to break the deadlock. Germany's most prolific passer (107).
The Arsenal player has not had a vintage tournament and moved inside when Andre Schurrle was introduced. Made numerous tidy contributions without being really able to impose himself and was later substituted.
Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey: "Congratulations Mesut Ozil, Per Mertesacker and Lukas Podolski! It can't get much better than that."
The most prolific goalscorer in World Cup finals history with 16 goals buzzed around the danger zone as normal but could not sniff out his usual close-range chance. Taken out of the action with a couple of minutes of normal time remaining but rightly given a rapturous ovation for what was likely to be his farewell on the biggest stage of them all.
Danny Mills's view: "Klose will be 40 at the next World Cup. It may be a little too much for him. What a fantastic player. He got an applause from everyone in the stadium as he went off."
Gary Lineker: "See you in Russia, Miroslav!"
A constant threat down the right, Muller was impressive throughout with his high-tempo work rate and accurate passing. Created a few problems but was largely marshalled well by the Argentine backline.
Came on for Kramer 31 mins
Almost scored with one of his first touches with a stinging shot from Muller's clever cut-back, and was influential from the moment he came on. None more so than with his brilliant sprint down the left late in extra time which created the crucial winning goal.
Alan Hansen's view: "It was a great run and cross from Schurrle for Gotze's goal."
Chelsea midfielder Eden Hazard: "Congratulations to my man Andre Schurrle. See you soon."
Came on for Klose, 88 mins
The Bayern Munich forward enjoyed the finest moment of his career by scoring a goal fit to win any match, let alone a World Cup final. He sweetly caressed the ball on his chest when receiving Schurrle's perfect pass before swivelling and volleying past Sergio Romero. What a beauty!
Alan Shearer's view: "Gotze had a hell of a lot to do when the ball came to him. The first touch was brilliant and the finish was out of this world."
Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere: "Player! Mario Gotze you legend!"
Came on for Ozil, 120 mins
Came on in the final minute of extra time.
Could do nothing to stop Gotze's close-range strike that won the World Cup, although he could have communicated the danger better to his defenders. Arguably at fault when he stayed on his line when Howedes headed against a post, but he made two good saves from Schurrle.
Schurrle's cross for Germany's winner came from their left, but Zabaleta was only beaten once down his flank in 120 minutes and made some vital interceptions and clearances. Also posed problems at the other end, ghosting forward down the right but seeing his pull-back elude a team-mate.
Manchester City defender Vincent Kompany: "Pablo Zabaleta, football is hard sometimes. You made everyone proud and had a great tournament. Head up."
Caught out for the winner when he did not seem aware that Gotze was behind him. Until then, an assured figure at the back, who frequently came across to help out left-back Marcos Rojo when Germany ganged up on him down the right.
Another culprit for Germany's goal, when he seemed to switch off before the cross came in. That spoiled a composed defensive performance that had seen him negate Klose and be in the right place when Germany tried their intricate passing inside the area.
Rio Ferdinand's view: "Demichelis and Garay were very good."
Found himself out-numbered at times when Lahm came forward to support Muller and it was not his fault that Germany looked so dangerous attacking down their right. Looked more comfortable after half-time when he had more support as the game tightened up.
Happy to let Germany have the ball until they reached midway inside the Argentina half, which is when he sprang into life. The shield in front of his defence, Mascherano was typically combative and disciplined, and intelligent too - he was booked for a foul on Klose, a challenge he had to make after giving the ball away.
Worked hard alongside Mascherano to deny Germany space in the Argentina half, but made a contribution going forward too, notably when he slid Messi clear at the start of the second half.
Argentina's most effective counter-attacker in the first half, running with speed at the heart of Germany's defence. His fizzing cross which set up Higuain for his disallowed goal was an example of the danger he posed on the break, but he was surprisingly subbed off at half-time.
Flitted about the midfield without offering the defensive work done by Mascherano or the attacking threat shown by Lavezzi in the first half. Did not make much of an impression.
Guilty of the miss of the match when he was clean through in the first half and his miserable game continued when he did find the net but was flagged offside. He was taken out by a flying Neuer after the break and also finished on the losing side. It is safe to say it was not his night.
Alan Hansen's view: "Higuain had a gift of a chance in the first half - he was slow, pedestrian and laborious."
In a way, this game summed up his World Cup. Messi sparkled at times with a couple of early runs but missed his big moment when sent clear at the start of the second half. He looked utterly exhausted in extra time and could not offer a defining moment for the final, least of all the tournament.
Danny Mills's view: "We didn't see enough from Messi, he was clearly not fit at all. His head was down, and I think he might have a slight problem with his hamstring. He held it a few times and was just walking around."
Came on for Lavezzi, 45 mins
Struggled to stay on his feet and also continued to look short of fitness. Did not have the burst of speed to beat a defender that we see so often from him for Manchester City in the Premier League. Was lucky to not be sent off for clashing with Schweinsteiger.
Mark Lawrenson's view: "That should have been a sending-off. Aguero was very fortunate."
Came on for Higuain, 78 mins
Another Argentina striker to miss a golden chance, with a heavy first touch costing him when the ball was allowed to drop for him in the box. His eventual shot was off-target too. Just like all of his team-mates' efforts, it would cost them dearly.
Danny Mills's view: "The first touch was brilliant, you're thinking surely now he has to score but in fairness to Neuer, he came out very quickly. I think Rodrigo Palacio was just panicked by that and he scooped it well wide."
Came on for Perez, 86 mins
Brought on to add more industry in the heart of midfield for extra time, as Mascherano and Perez began to tire. Did the job that was asked of him.
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French prosecutors are investigating a $2m (Â£1.4m) payment allegedly made to the son of the ex-world athletics chief and whether it was linked to Tokyo's bid for the 2020 Olympic Games.

Allegations of the sum allegedly paid to a firm linked to the son of Lamine Diack had appeared in the Guardian.
Both Lamine and his son, Papa Massata Diack, already face a corruption inquiry in France.
The Japanese government has insisted its Tokyo bid in 2013 was clean.
In March, French prosecutors had announced that an investigation into corruption in athletics was being widened to include the bidding and voting processes for the hosting of the 2016 and 2020 Olympics.
The latest development involves 2.8m Singapore dollars allegedly paid to a company based in the city state and linked to Papa Massata Diack.
A statement said the French "National Financial Prosecution service was informed of two financial movements alleged to have been carried out in July and October 2013".
The money was labelled as 'Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Bid', coming from an account opened at a Japanese bank, for the profit of the 'Black Tidings' company in Singapore.
The statement added that payments "so close to the International Olympic Committee's designation of the organising city for the 2020 Olympic Games, important parallel purchases by Black Tidings in Paris", and other related issues had sparked a new inquiry.
Lamine Diack, 82, was formerly the president of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) and also a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
He left the IOC soon after voting, in 2013, on whether Tokyo, Istanbul or Madrid should host the 2020 games.
He is now banned from leaving France pending the investigations.
Papa Massata Diack is believed to be in Senegal.
Last December, he told the BBC he and his father were innocent of the allegations against them.
The Tokyo bid first came under scrutiny in January when the second part of a Wada (World Anti-Doping Agency) commission report into corruption included a footnote detailing a conversation between another of Lamine Diack's sons, Khalil, and Turkish officials heading up the Istanbul bid team.
A transcript of the conversation cited in the report suggested a "sponsorship" payment of between $4m and $5m (Â£2.8m and Â£3.4m) had been made by the Japanese bid team "either to the Diamond League (the annual series of track and field athletics meetings) or IAAF".
The footnote claims the Istanbul bid "lost Lamine Diack's support because they did not pay". Wada's independent commission said it did not investigate the claims "for it was not within our remit".
A Tokyo 2020 spokeswoman described the note in Wada's report as "beyond our understanding", adding that "Tokyo's bid was about Japan's commitment to address issues around the integrity of sport".
Lamine Diack is already being investigated by French authorities. He was arrested last year on corruption and money laundering charges, over allegations he took payments for deferring sanctions against Russian drugs cheats.
His son Papa Massata, who was employed by his father as a marketing consultant for the IAAF, is also under investigation, and a warrant for his arrest has been issued by Interpol.
Diack Jr has been banned for life by the IAAF.
The IOC overhauled its rules - and regained trust in the integrity of its bidding process - since the 1999 Salt Lake City bribery scandal exposed systematic corruption.
In February, Wada commission chief Dick Pound said he was "fairly certain" the IOC was free of organised corruption, but just a month later the French prosecutors opened their investigation into the bidding processes for 2016 and 2020.


Champions Yorkshire will travel to promoted Worcestershire in the opening round of the 2015 County Championship to start the defence of their title.

Jason Gillespie's side will launch the county season on 22 March when they play an MCC XI in Abu Dhabi in the traditional four-day curtain-raiser.
The Championship begins on 12 April, with promoted Hampshire facing Sussex.
The NatWest T20 Blast starts on 15 May and the Royal London One-Day Cup on 25 July, with holders Durham at Northants.
The basic format for the summer remains unchanged with most Championship fixtures starting on Sundays, the majority of T20 Blast games on Friday evenings and the group stage of the 50-over One-Day Cup congested into a period of 26 days.
The opening round of Championship games will also see Middlesex, a disappointing seventh in 2014, at home to Nottinghamshire and Somerset, with new director of cricket Matthew Maynard in charge for the first time, playing host to 2013 champions Durham.
Only two matches will take place in Division Two in the opening week, with Leicestershire, who have not won a four-day game since 2012, but have a new head coach in Australian Andrew McDonald, taking on Glamorgan at Grace Road while relegated Northants, led by new four-day skipper Alex Wakely, at home to Gloucestershire.
Ashley Giles, newly installed as Lancashire director of cricket, will have to wait an extra week until 19 April before his side's opening fixture away to Derbyshire as they look to regain their place in Division One at the first attempt.
The second round of Division One games sees Yorkshire away again, this time meeting Notts at Trent Bridge, the ground where they clinched the title in September, while runners-up Warwickshire enter the fray by taking on 2014's Division Two champions Hampshire at Edgbaston.
Lancashire's relegation means the only Roses clashes of the summer will take place in the T20 Blast, unless Lancashire and Yorkshire progress beyond the group stage of the One-Day Cup and are then drawn to face each other.
Yorkshire will host the first T20 Roses fixture at Headingley on 5 June, with the return game on 3 July.
Trophy holders Birmingham Bears, Warwickshire's guise for the format, who beat Lancashire by four runs in the 2014 final, meet Notts at Trent Bridge in their opening game on 15 May, with the two nine-team groups unchanged from 2014.
The final round of group games takes place on Friday, 24 July, with the quarter-finals taking place from 12-15 August.
Edgbaston will play host to finals day for the seventh time on Saturday, 29 August, six days later than this summer.
The One-Day Cup final at Lord's, which Durham won with victory over Warwickshire by three wickets this summer, will take place on 19 September.
The final again comes before the last round of Championship fixtures, starting on 22 September, in which Yorkshire will be at home to Sussex, who last won the title in 2007 but have boosted their pace bowling options by signing Ajmal Shahzad and Tymal Mills.
Group A: Surrey, Derbyshire, Worcestershire, Yorkshire, Northants, Leicestershire, Gloucestershire, Somerset, Durham.
Group B: Kent, Hampshire, Sussex, Essex, Lancashire, Middlesex, Nottinghamshire, Warwickshire, Glamorgan.
North: Birmingham Bears (Warwickshire), Durham, Yorkshire, Lancashire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Worcestershire, Northants.
South: Kent, Essex, Sussex, Hampshire, Middlesex, Surrey, Gloucestershire, Somerset, Glamorgan.


A postcard written from a Nazi labour camp in 1944 has been delivered to the writer's family - after a teacher stumbled across it in the street.

Valentina Romano, from Como, Italy, found the postcard on the pavement and was instantly struck by the postmark.
Stamped with the Nazi eagle, the card was signed by Roberto Bianchi and sent from Breslau, now Wroclaw in Poland.
The young writer seems to have sent it to reassure his loved ones.
"My dear parents," he writes, "after a long silence, this is me letting you know that I'm now at another site where I work on the land. I'm in the open countryside, in a farmhouse. I've got plenty to eat, so don't worry at all - I'm very well."
Sending love to his parents and grandparents, the soldier concludes: "I'm always close to you in thought. There's nothing left for me to do except send you a kiss, dear mum and dad. I trust that I will soon return to you."
Ms Romano, 42, who teaches Italian and Latin, said the card gave her "an emotion as strong as it was unexpected". Determined to find the mystery writer's family, she posted on Facebook asking for help tracking them down.
A journalist friend working for local TV station Espansione suggested Ms Romano should make a TV appeal, and a few days later the writer's family got in touch.
Delighted, the teacher delivered the card to Roberto's 74-year-old cousin, Roman Bianchi.
She told the BBC: "When I handed over the postcard, they were so grateful, happy and emotional. I was happy to be told that Roberto had managed to get home and lived a long life.
"I love 'old paper', having carried out research in medieval history and studied paleography [old handwriting] for a long time. I realised very soon that I had in my possession more than a simple piece of paper - I had a piece of history."
Roberto Bianchi was born in 1924, and taken prisoner by the Nazis as a 20-year-old soldier. He survived the war and returned to the small town of Faggeto Lario, where he married and stayed for the rest of his life. He died in 1999.
"We did not know of the existence of this postcard. Reading the words of our cousin has awakened old memories - it was a great thrill for all of my family", Roman Bianchi told the Italian Huffington Post.
He said the card had been kept in his cousin's old house, and that the current occupant "had emptied [out] everything: furniture, cabinets, books and old papers".
The relic would have been pulp by now, had it not blown away and settled in Ms Romano's path.
In a final stroke of coincidence, Roberto Bianchi was also a postman.
"Everyone knew him as Robertino the country postman," his cousin said. "He was very generous and helpful. A boy who - like many at the time - did not have the facilities to study, but could conquer everyone with his smile and an accordion".
The younger Mr Bianchi said his cousin was very proud of his work, and honoured to be the keeper of the locals' letters.
Ms Romano told the BBC she hoped the 74-year-old would visit the school where she teaches, "to tell my pupils about that part of history that no-one should ever forget".
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An international school in London has been told to do more to safeguard its pupils after a convicted paedophile drugged and abused boys in its care.

More than 54 pupils at Southbank International School were abused by William Vahey between 2009 and 2013.
The serious case review said its safeguarding policies had failed and teachers did not report their concerns.
The school's board said it continued to provide support to those affected and was addressing the recommendations.
Vahey, 64, who had a child sex offence conviction in California in 1969, killed himself two days after the FBI filed a warrant to search a computer drive belonging to him.
Indecent images of boys aged 12 to 14 were found on a USB stick.
The Local Safeguarding Children Board (LSCB) report found there had been opportunities to recognise the risks posed by Vahey at the school "but due to a combination of factors these were not grasped".
Reasons included a lack of leadership, staff not knowing how to recognise the signs of a sex offender and a reluctance to report a concern without "firm evidence".
The report said Vahey quickly established himself as an "informal" teacher who normalised behaviour, including having pupils in his room on residential trips, watching boys shower and making jokes with sexual connotations, enabling him to be "hiding in plain sight".
The report said staff and pupils fell ill on a number of his trips, which was often described as "dehydration, but now believed to be due to the administration of drugs by Vahey".
Three incidents were reported but adequate investigations were not held.
David Smellie, chairman of the school's board said: "We will review the report in every detail to ensure any necessary further actions are implemented.
"The safeguarding of children is an ever-present priority and we will always look at opportunities to further strengthen our practices."
It said following its own independent review it had brought in mandatory criminal record checks, an independently chaired safeguarding committee and greater reporting obligations for all staff to follow.
The LSCB report concluded the school had dailed to meet standards in safeguarding, communication and quality of leadership but had made "good progress" with school trips.


Hopes are rising that new plans will prevent further erosion at one of Wales' most popular beaches.

It is believed a flood defence built to protect Dinas Dinlle near Caernarfon, Gwynedd, from coastal flooding in 1994 has made the problem worse.
Environment Agency Wales was outlining its plans for tackling the problem on Wednesday.
The agency said this would include moving a section of the Wales Coast Path.
Wyn Williams, chair of the of the Dinas Dinlle regeneration group, said the community was originally told work would not be carried out for at least 10 years but was now scheduled for autumn.
"I think there's been an admission, certainly by the agency who I don't think carried out the work 20 years ago, that probably the groyne was built slightly too high so the northern end of the beach was... not being replenished," he said.
"We hope to convince the agency to start the work and to get it right."
He said he did not yet know the full details of the plans but the agency had already released some information.
The proposals include realigning part of the existing shingle beach and moving a section of the coastal footpath, which is being damaged by erosion.
And the large rocks on the beach would be replaced by natural shingle "to make the beach more user-friendly".
Mr Williams said Dinas Dinlle was "one of the most popular beaches in Wales and is a longstanding blue flag award beach and is of international repute".
"We have people from all over the world to visit our wonderful beach but I think more importantly, Dinas Dinlle is used widely by local people," he added.
Environment Agency Wales is holding drop-in sessions on Wednesday explaining the plans to the public.
David Edwell, from the agency, said: "Coastal erosion is a natural process, but at Dinas Dinlle this seems to have been disrupted by the coastal defences and we need to correct the imbalance.
"These new plans we are proposing will help to reduce erosion from impacting further on the area, and at the same time safeguard the Wales Coastal Path and local tourism which the area is dependent upon."
The public sessions will take place at Bwyty Lleu cafe, Dinas Dinlle, from 14:00 to 19:30 GMT. A presentation about the proposals will be held at 18:00 GMT.


It's Ella and Alexander, in case you haven't heard.

As George and Amal Clooney welcome their newborn babies, social media has been full of joy.
First, all fine with the names.
Before we continue, have you read their statement?
"Ella, Alexander and Amal are all healthy, happy and doing fine. George is sedated and should recover in a few days."
Got the joke?
Next, as you would expect, some are wondering what they will look like.
Finally, some took an issue with how some media outlets reported the news - like a tweet by the Associated Press news agency which described Amal as "wife of George Clooney".
Now, if you still don't know what we're talking about... Find out here