ARMY PAYS JAILED AWOL SOUADDIE; Thug pockets almost pounds 4k while in jail for battering his girlfriend EXCLUSIVE EXCLUSIVE.Byline: DEREK ALEXANDER THE Army continued to pay a soldier thousands of pounds despite him being in jail for beating his girlfriend. Danny Hyslop, 20, even boasted that the Ministry of Defence funded cocaine binges while he was AWOL. The Scots Guardsman disappeared from his barracks bar·rack 1 tr.v. bar·racked, bar·rack·ing, bar·racks To house (soldiers, for example) in quarters. n. 1. A building or group of buildings used to house military personnel. before Christmas and within weeks had launched his first assault on 19-year-old Jocelyn McLaughlin. He was jailed for three months in March for battering her. Earlier this month he was locked up for another six months after admitting beating her a second time. Yet bungling bun·gle v. bun·gled, bun·gling, bun·gles v.intr. To work or act ineptly or inefficiently. v.tr. To handle badly; botch. See Synonyms at botch. n. top brass continued paying his wages. The shamed squaddie squaddie n (MIL) (col) → chivo squaddie n (Mil) (inf) → troufion m, bidasse m had bragged on his Bebo website that he liked to blow his wages on coke. His webpage - which includes the slogan "sex god on parade" - boasts: "I'm in the Scots Guards
The Scots Guards, form part of the Guards Division of the British Army, whose origins lie in the personal bodyguard of King Charles I of England and , it's f****** s*** but it gets me wrecked at the weekend. Love ma cocaine, ma beers, ma lassies and ma dance music." One military source said: "Hyslop is a disgrace to the uniform. It's incredible that the MoD would pay a thug like him while he's in prison." Hyslop, of Dumbarton, failed to return to his barracks in London after home leave last December. He hid out with friends and relatives and was eventually jailed for three months in March after the initial attack on hairdresser Jocelyn in January. Hyslop was released early on parole but just four days later he attacked her again after reading a text on her phone from another man. He was later jailed for six months after he admitted slapping her, choking her, hitting her head off a door and repeatedly punching her. The MoD continued paying his wages while he languished in jail. In March they paid him pounds 1041 and in April they deposited pounds 1590. He received pounds 1211 in May. Our source d.alexander@sundaymail.co.uk added: "It is very unusual for a serving soldier to be sent to a civilian prison and continue getting paid. "It suggests that the MoD either had no idea where he was, or didn't care." The Army said Hyslop was discharged on May 29 but denied he had received cash while AWOL. They said: "We had to continue to pay him until he was convicted and while paperwork was processed." SUNDAY EMAIL See e-mail. d.alexander@sundaymail.co.uk CAPTION(S): Ladies man: Thug squaddie's "warning" posted on his Bebo page Boozed-up: Hyslop, left, brandishes Buckfast on Bebo snap with pals Boot boy: Hyslop poses in his uniform on website before he was jailed for attacks |
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