Britain’s military police have launched an investigation after several soldiers accused their comrade of lying, which led to him winning a national award, The Sun reports.
According to the police, at least two Special Forces soldiers have fooled British officials, the army and even Prince Charles.
They invented a fake story that won them a national award.
Former Gunnery Sergeant Deacon Catterham has been awarded one of Britain’s highest medals for bravery on the battlefield.
The man claimed to have intercepted a grenade thrown by the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2011 and thrown it in a different direction, thus saving the lives of his soldiers. For such a selfless act, the former sergeant was awarded a medal. Prince Charles presented the medal to the former sergeant.
Most recently, the former sergeant tried to sell the medal he won at auction for £140,000. It was at this moment that his comrades in arms became agitated and began to accuse Deacon of lying.
After it became public knowledge that the former sergeant had lied about his exploits, the British Army said the incident was “rigorously verified” before Prince Charles presented the medal in 2012.
According to the soldiers who accuse Deacon of lying, no one disputes the fact that he saved the lives of others, but it was not a Taliban grenade, but his own.
“It never happened. No one saw it. When we returned to the camp, we realized that the hand grenade was missing. We put up with him saying how brave he was, but when we saw that he was making a profit by selling medals, it was too much,” says one of the soldiers.
The 38-year-old Deacon claims that none of his comrades saw the moment of the attack because they were in cover, but when he saw a grenade being thrown near them, he warned others about it and shouted “grenade”.
The investigation of the incident is currently ongoing.
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