Military Cross winner Brian Wood said British troops had been dragged through 'five years of hell' by the Al-Sweady inquiry Soldiers and their families yesterday said they had been left ‘disturbed’ and ‘angry’ after enduring a five-year inquiry into false claims that British troops murdered, tortured and mutilated Iraqis. Former troops said their reputations had been tarnished and their relatives had suffered years of anguish due to the allegations, which the £31million investigation eventually exposed as ‘calculated lies’. Last night the mother of one of the soldiers who gave evidence to the taxpayer-funded inquiry said the way her son had been accused of wrongdoing was ‘disgraceful’.
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Soldiers and families left 'disturbed and 'angry' after Al-Sweady inquiry
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One mother of a British soldier said her son's treatment was 'disgraceful'
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Military Cross winner Brian Wood said the Princess of Wales regiment had been dragged through 'five years of hell' by the Al-Sweady inquiry
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The five-year probe into alleged Iraq war crimes cost taxpayers £31million
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But yesterday British troops were cleared of the charges
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Cpl Wood said: 'We have been dragged through five years of hell. That in my view is a betrayal of our service. We did what we had to do as soldiers'
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