Don't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox Stephen Close was just 20 years-old when he was forced to serve six months in a military jail.
The now 58-year-old from Salford, was imprisoned simply for being gay. Stephen was accused of gross indecency and faced a brutal interrogation and medical examination after he was found in the arms of a male soldier in 1983, the Mirror reports. Read more:Vaccinated dad's Covid battle after 'throwing caution to the wind' At the time, he was serving in Berlin - guarding Adolf Hitler's deputy Rudolf Hess in Spandau jail.
Now, Stephen is joining other LBGT campaigners who are demanding royal pardons for hundreds of servicemen and women thrown in military jails for