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Laine Clark

Army vet in need of mental health in prison, judge says

A veteran who witnessed Cameron Baird VC being shot dead is suffering complex PTSD in prison. (PR HANDOUT IMAGE PHOTO) (AAP)

Bone fragments of a friend had to be surgically removed from Christopher James Finn's neck after his fellow soldier was blown to pieces by a concealed bomb.

In another incident, Finn watched as his "hero" Cameron Baird - who was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross - was shot dead in front of him in Afghanistan.

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