July 23, 2010 at 4:40 pm
A soldier who lost a leg in Afghanistan had his disability benefit taken away even though he`s only able to walk a few hundred metres with the help of a prosthetic limb.
By: FLYING SAUCER - 24th July 2010 at 13:14
Poor lad, that stinks!
Just goes to show what idiots are in charge of this system!
By: Hot_Charlie - 24th July 2010 at 12:05
The idiotic fool who made this stupid decision, should be sacked.
Sadly there are a lot of these idiotic fools around who will give benefits to those of questionable merit/society’s spongers (of whom, regrettably, there will always be some), yet find it beyond there means to give things such as disability benefit and disabled car passes to those who genuinely need them.
By: kev35 - 24th July 2010 at 11:50
From the report I saw it is made worse by the fact that he is likely to lose the other leg within five years.
Regards,
kev35
By: Blue_2 - 24th July 2010 at 08:17
I saw the bloke in question on our local news (turns out he’s a Brid lad). It almost seems like he’s being punished for having the balls, determination and grit to make as amazing a recovery as he has done. Like that’s fair…
By: Lincoln 7 - 23rd July 2010 at 21:17
Poor sod!! willing to fight for Queen and Country, and this happens. The idiotic fool who made this stupid decision, should be sacked.Lost his job, and no doubt be unable to find a job anyway.
Mind you, if he was from Somalia, he would be given a £1.5 million house with all the trimmings, paid for by us.to live in.
I would use all the swear words I can think of to put my feelings into words, but it’s not worth getting banned for……………There again, **** it.:diablo:
Lincoln. 7
By: Blue_2 - 23rd July 2010 at 17:40
Now that’s a kick in the teeth. Shame on whoever’s bright idea that was.
By: benyboy - 23rd July 2010 at 16:50
I saw this too. It is indeed disgusting.
I think now he has been on the news he may get his benefit back.
Ben