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'Fobbed off' widow of soldier accidentally killed by US trooper will hand back medal
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mirror.co.ukThe widow of a Black Watch captain accidentally killed by an American soldier aims to return her war widow’s medal in disgust at the Government’s failure to get justice for him.
Mum-of-two Linda Sprouting plans to hand the Elizabeth Cross back to Prince Charles who awarded it to her after 46-year-old Dean’s death in Iraq in 2018, describing him as an “outstanding soldier”.
Now she thinks she was given it to shut her up. Capt Sprouting, a veteran of Northern Ireland and Bosnia with 29 years’ service, was hit by a forklift truck during a daylight jog on a sanctioned route at the US Al Asad Airbase.
A US army investigation cleared the soldier driver of blame – but Linda, 48, claims the probe was a “whitewash”, ignored by the Ministry of
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