A soldier on leave after being injured in Afghanistan was refused a hotel room because he was in the Army.
4th September 2008
After showing his army pass when asked for identification by the hotel’s receptionist, Cpl Stringer was told “we don’t accept military personnel here” and that this was “company policy”, according to his mother Gaynor.
He spent the night in his car after failing to find any other available accomodation late on a Sunday evening, she said.
- Thank God you don’t live in Britain.
- Without eternal vigilance, it could happen here. Probably in California.