A HERO army sniper from Cheltenham has been paid £100,000 compensation after the Ministry of Defence (MoD) put him and his family in danger by revealing his identity.
Craig Harrison agreed to do media interviews after killing two Taliban gunmen in Afghanistan from more than a mile-and-a-half away – 3,200ft beyond the official range of his rifle.
MoD rules state that snipers' identities should remain secret because they are high value targets for terrorists, and Corporal Harrison did not expect to be named in the interviews.
However, the MoD failed to tell the media that the Household Cavalry veteran wanted to be anonymous, and his name and picture were subsequently published worldwide.Full story on Gloucestershireecho.co.uk
