Ballykinler soldier ‘wanted car crash to get rest time’
February 2019
A soldier who went on to take his own life at a County Down barracks wanted to be in a minor car crash in order to get some rest, an inquest has heard. Rifleman Darren Mitchell, 20, was found hanged in his room at Abercorn Barracks in Ballykinler in February 2013. His death came after 30-year-old L/Cpl James Ross was...
Black soldier wins record £500,000 in compensation from the MoD for having to play Taliban terrorist in Army training video
February 2019
* L/Cpl Momonakaya said he was left suicidal through the bullying campaign * ‘The racism left me wanting to kill myself. I was going to buy a rope,’ he said * He said he sued the MoD as he lost his career through the abuse ***By Mark Nicol Defence Correspondent For The Mail On Sunday*** ***Published: 00:07, 10 February 2019...
Female cadet, 21, is found dead at the elite Sandhurst military academy in an apparent suicide ‘after senior officers quizzed her over a drunken night out’
February 2019
By Amie Gordon For Mailonline Published: 11:29, 8 February 2019 | Updated: 17:50, 8 February 2019 21-year-old cadet has been found dead at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst She had been involved in an investigation following a party at the weekend Thames Valley Police said Officer Cadet’s death is being treated as unexplained A female officer cadet has been found...
Soldier gutted to be sent to isolated Army base, mother tells inquest
February 2019
The inquest also heard from two friends of Lance Corporal James Ross who said they received phone calls from him saying he had been demoted. The mother of a soldier who died at an “isolated” Army barracks in Co Down shortly after serving in Afghanistan has questioned his posting there. Lance Corporal James Ross, 30, from Leeds, was found hanged...