Fraud? Better View of the Rack

"It was just a silly thing I Did"    !!!!!!!!!

Now there is the understatement  of the year !!!!!!.

Sad Lad.

Tom Cattell took part in Remembrance Day parades across
the country dressed in the uniform with fake
medals - he said it was 'a
silly thing I have done'
'Just a cook': Tom Cattell took part in Remembrance Day parades
pretending to be a veteran dressed in the uniform with fake medals
Medals emblazoned across his chest, Tom Cattell
attends a Remembrance
Day parade in honour of
fallen heroes.
For nearly a decade the 74-year-old took part in services
across the
country, wearing the uniform of the
Parachute Regiment and SAS with
pride.
He told of being one of the
youngest servicemen to fight in the Korean
War and
one of the oldest to fight in the <st1:place>Falklands</st1:place>.
However, it has emerged that Mr Cattell's stories are far from heroic as
his glittering 30-year military career was all fake.
Although he
said he had won the distinguished Military Medal, he
confessed his stories were lies and in the Army he was 'just a cook'.
Mr Cattell admitted he
had never been to the <st1:place>Falkland
Islands</st1:place> and that
he bought his medals on the internet.
The only military service
he had seen was two years' National
Service-and a
brief stint with the Territorial Army.
The retired chef had lied to his
wife, his friends and to Royal British
Legion clubs
across the country about his military record.
When asked to produce evidence
of his service, Mr Cattell
gave a false
Army service number and claimed his
records had been destroyed in a fire
at his home.
His deception only
came to light when he sent a photo of himself wearing
medals to the RAF with a request for a replacement military baton.
It is understood that officials cross-checked his military credentials
and found his claims to be false.
'My
real history is that I served in <st1:place>Malaya</st1:place>,' he said.
Tom Cattell (left) from St Blazey in <st1:city><st1:place>Cornwall</st1:place></st1:city> who
regularly posed as a
war hero at Remembrance Day
parades. He admitted the only military
service he has seen was two years
national service and a brief stint
with the Territorial Army
Tom Cattell (left) from Cornwall who regularly posed as a war
hero at
Remembrance Day parades
'I was attached to the SAS in Malaya but
only for a couple of months. It
was like a rest
centre. I was just a cook.'
Asked why he had fabricated a military career, Mr Cattell said: 'It was
just a silly thing I have done.'<o:p></o:p>