RAF veteran banned for being gay seeks £50k from MoD

An RAF veteran who was court martialled in 1966 over his sexuality has said he wished he "didn't have to live through it again" as he fights for a payout that he missed by a matter of months.

Chris Dennis, from Bagshot, Surrey, was discharged from the air force months before being gay was decriminalised in the UK, meaning he is not eligible to receive £50,000 in compensation from the Ministry of Defence (MoD).

Dennis, now 80, said his fight was now an emotional decision to allow him to get reparations for the decision.

The MoD said it "deeply regrets the treatment of LGBT serving personnel between 1967 and 2000, which was wholly unacceptable".