From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Amusing...... Mike P Female face of British army goes AWOL LONDON, Feb 1 (Reuters) - The soldier, highlighted as the female face of the British army, has been absent without leave for the last seven months, the Ministry of Defence said on Thursday. A photo of Lance Bombaier Heidi Cochrane, 24, pictured in full battle dress staring down the barrel of a gun appeared in national newspapers last week after news that the army was reconciled to allowing women to fight in frontline roles. But on Thursday, the MoD confirmed she had disappeared from her regiment last July. The London Evening Standard newspaper reported that Cochrane, who is married, had run off with another officer. "She went AWOL on July 30 last year," an MoD spokesman said. "We will try to find her and arrest her." The Standard said Cochrane had vanished whilst on exercise in Cyprus and had not contacted her regiment -- 16 Regiment Royal Artillery -- or her family since. "She ran off with a sergeant leaving her husband behind." an unnamed soldier told the paper. "She subsequently sent text messages to her friends from Sri Lanka telling the army 'Come and get me if you can be bothered'." 12:12 02-01-01 Cybershooters website: http://www.cybershooters.org List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ____________________________________________________________ T O P I C A -- Learn More. Surf Less. Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Topics You Choose. http://www.topica.com/partner/tag01
