Decision to return removed medals to LGBT service personnel 'long overdue' - Army veteran

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Former military personnel who were dismissed from the UK armed forces because of their sexuality can now get back the medals that were taken from them. The Ministry of Defence says it corrects what it called an "historic injustice", after the ban on LGBT people in the military was lifted in 2000. David Kelsey is a councillor for BCP Council in Dorset. He joined the Army in 1976, serving in Northern Ireland, but was then court-martialled and imprisoned for 6 months, in 1982, because of his sexuality. He told BBC Radio Solent's Fern Balch this announcement is "really good news" and "long overdue".