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AN ex-soldier who falsely claimed he was blown up by a boobytrap bomb in Afghanistan is being hunted by police for attacking a woman.

Former Army clerk Danny Hutchison is understood to have turned on his girlfriend when she demanded the truth about his military exploits.

Hutchison, 43, has regularly claimed to have been an injured war veteran and even appeared with Prince Harry, president of the Invictus Games for wounded service personnel.

But in recent weeks the Scot has been subject to scrutiny after being “outed” as a fraud by genuine veterans through their Walter Mitty Hunters Club Facebook page.

The Record understands police officers have been trying to trace Hutchison, 43, since the incident involving the woman on Saturday night in a flat on Union Street, Bo’ness, West Lothian.

Hutchison has previously told how he was serving in Kabul in 2008 when his vehicle was blown to bits by a 12-year-old suicide bomber pushing a wheelbarrow.

He also gave The Record a conflicting account in which he said he was injured by a blast, possibly caused by a grenade, while on foot.

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But we can reveal both versions of events don’t stack up as Hutchison doesn’t appear on any official record as a casualty of the conflict.

When confronted over the discrepancies, he told us: “I never said I was in a combat situation.

“I said I was knocked off my feet at some point.

“The winds over there are strong enough to knock you off your feet.”

Hutchison was initially exposed online as a ‘bloater’ - a person who embellished their service history - by a group of former military personnel.

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The Walter Mitty Hunters Club outed the Adjutant General’s Corps soldier, who was employed to provide clerical support.

A club spokesman said: “One of the worse types of bloaters we have had the misfortune to investigate.

“Not only bloating about his qualifications but he used tragic incidents where four members of the British Armed forces lost their life along with others who suffered serious injury.”

Only one incident during the Afghan conflict mirrors the most dramatic version of Hutchison’s story.

In December 2008 three Royal Marines were killed in southern Helmand by a 13-year-old suicide bomber who carried his explosives in a wheelbarrow.

Marine Damien Davies, 27, Sergeant John Manuel, 38, and Corporal Marc Birch, 26, were guarding a bridge when they briefly stepped out of their armoured vehicles.

But as they stood together discussing tactics the teenage bomber ran up to them pushing a wheelbarrow and detonated a huge bomb within 3ft of them.

According to the WMHC dossier, Hutchison also drew upon an attack that killed a soldier from the 16 Signals Regiment, who was providing top cover in August 2008, to concoct his story.

The spokesman added: “Using the deaths of four heroes to inflate his service to the general public is just unforgivable.

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“He had no need to lie.

“His actions have upset the families and friends of those people involved in those incidents.

“Hutchinson claims were dismissed by several genuine members within half an hour.

“No one knew him or the incident he claimed took place.

“No surprise there.

“At no time was he ever involved in any IED or suicide bombing of any kind during his service.

“There were no lower limb or fractured/missing ribs or fractured hips recorded.

“Hutchison has been surrounded by real Afghan vets injured on operations so was able to gain a lot of insight into their care.

“This is why he can be quite convincing to those not in the know”.

Hutchison’s Army career dates back to December 2000.

Two years later he was a passenger in a Land Rover driven by an Army Sergeant when it overturned in Ballater, Aberdeenshire.

Hutchison injured his sternum in the accident.

But he claimed the defining moment in his career happened in Afghanistan in 2008.

Although he has given conflicting accounts and dates for the incident Hutchison said he sustained serious damage to his ribs, sternum and diaphragm in the attack, near Kabul.

The Record understands Hutchison told another newspaper he was injured, while travelling in a vehicle, by a young suicide bomber who was pushing a wheelbarrow.

But when we asked him what caused the explosion, he said: “I got blown off my feet by a blast.

“It was a grenade or something.

“I don’t even remember it happening.”

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Accounts of his story published in a local newspaper claim he was unconscious for four days.

Last year, after coming through a qualifying event in Las Vegas, Hutchinson earned a call-up to Warrior Games in Virginia and won a bronze medal for wheelchair basketball.

On his JustGiving page for the Help For Heroes charity he wrote: “I was unfortunate enough to get injured during my service within the Army, and on tour in Afghanistan, where I was seriously injured by an IED attack, I have had countless number of operations and getting on with life now.”

When we spoke to Hutchison at his new home in Bo’ness he initially blamed his ex-wife for contacting the WMHC and dismissed the dossier as “lies”.

But the group said it was tipped off by someone who was involved in a sports forces charity for the seriously injured.

The original source said Hutchison also claimed to have been commando trained.

They added: “He recounted to me about his mate providing top cover at the time and he was covered in his blood which he thought was his and showed that picture which he had on his phone when chatting to him, but his eyes looked shifty and I had my doubts.”

The first page of the WMHC dossier features a picture of Hutchison in a tight-fitting commando t-shirt.

But he dismissed the significance of the picture.

Hutchison said: “That is a t-shirt swap we did for a fancy dress night in Aldershot and they have blown it out of the window.”

Asked if he had claimed to have been part of an elite unit, he said: “No. I have always been a clerk.

“I’ve never claimed to be anything else.

“Why claim to be something you are not because you are easily found out?

“All they are trying to do is smear me with whatever dirt they can and it is not fair.

“I’ve done my time in the army and I just want to get on with things.

“I have never claimed to be a hero.”

Questioned about his fundraising, he said: “I set up a web page for Help For Heroes to try and give them something back for taking me to the Warrior Games last year.”

He claimed as a result of his military service he has been diagnosed with post traumatic stress disorder and suffers from mental health problems.

He had been due to compete in the Invictus Games in Orlando later this year but he has now withdrawn on health grounds.

A Police Scotland spokesman said: “Police in Bo’ness are investigating after a 45-year-old woman was assaulted within an address in Union Street on Saturday 30th April.

“Officers are currently following a positive line of inquiry.”