L/Cpl Leakey, whose battalion supports special forces operations, said he now hoped he could continue his Army career in peace. He said: “My big hope is that I can just go back on Monday morning, back to my battalion and say to my platoon ‘Sorry I was away for the last two weeks, what’s next?’ I’m not going to let this become who I am, because it’s not who I am. I am just me.”