NOTHING in the Army operation which led to the death of a bomb disposal hero could have prevented his ''catastrophic injuries'' in Afghanistan, a coroner recorded today. Staff Sergeant Olaf Schmid was ...

A bomb disposal expert was unlawfully killed in Afghanistan trying to defuse a device he could not have detected, a coroner has ruled. Nothing about the Army operation could have prevented Staff Sgt ...

THE widow of Army bomb hero Olaf Schmid beams with pride yesterday after being presented with his George Cross. Christina Schmid paid tribute to her husband, known affectionately as Oz, and dedicated ...

Channel 4 News examines the deadly threat of IED attacks for British troops in Afghanistan as Jane Deith reports from the inquest into the death of Olaf Schmid, a bomb disposal victim in 2009. The ...

THE widow of bomb disposal hero Staff Sergeant Olaf Schmid has spoken of her new love for the first time. Christina Schmid, whose husband was killed in Afghanistan in 2009, said she believes she has ...

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