A telly SAS hero has branded the Government’s failure to combat veterans’ suicide “a disgrace”. Mark “Billy” Billingham, a star of SAS Who Dares Wins, spoke out following the death of special forces medic Staff Sgt Jamie Ferguson, 36, who shot himself on an Army base last month.
The Sunday People revealed he made a video saying: “I asked for help but no one was listening. They didn’t understand.” His widow Sammi, 50, who had a son with Jamie, and two daughters from another marriage, wants the Government to admit there is a problem with suicide in veterans’ and hold a full and open investigation into her husband’s death.
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