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Soldier lay dead in barracks for three weeks but 'Army won't tell how he died'

LCpl Bernard Mongan's death is a riddle. [Courtesy]

A soldier lay dead in an Army camp for three weeks before he was found late last month.

Bernard Mongan’s superiors failed to spot he was not on duty. His widow told a friend: “It’s outrageous no one went to check on him.”

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