Ex-soldier 'driven to brink' seeks compensation

An ex-soldier who claimed he was driven to the brink of suicide because of anti-Catholic abuse while serving with the Royal Irish Regiment is to seek compensation from the British Ministry of Defence, it was revealed today.

Ex-soldier 'driven to brink' seeks compensation

An ex-soldier who claimed he was driven to the brink of suicide because of anti-Catholic abuse while serving with the Royal Irish Regiment is to seek compensation from the British Ministry of Defence, it was revealed today.

The move followed an employment tribunal ruling which accepted 33-year-old Private Patrick Murphy was the victim of sectarian harassment while serving in Portadown, Co Armagh in 1998.

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