He looks every inch the hero in the Parachute Regiment’s famous maroon beret and smart blazer.Jack MacLeod even had the elite unit’s insignia tattooed on his chest and told how proud he was of his service in the illustrious airborne unit.But there is just one problem with his breathtaking tales of derring-do – he’s a fantasist who has never been in the Armed Forces.The Walter Mitty was exposed after he continued to attend reunions and falsely claim to be a veteran of 15 Battalion.The 61-year-old even travelled to the Netherlands for a special commemoration of the regiment’s history.But MacLeod, of West Calder, West Lothian, found his lies started to unravel when he failed to produce paperwork that proved his service.Curious veterans also
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