On 27 January 2002, Corporal Michael Phillips was killed in Sierra Leone. He had just returned there after a brief visit home before Christmas on paternity leave. Daughter Hollie was born early December.
From the moment, when his wife Julie received that dreaded knock at the door, she knew the truth did not add up.
A truth of lies.
Finally, nearly nine years later, the Ministry of Defence admitted negligence.
It has been two decades since Michael’s death. Hollie is now an adult.
For the first time, his widow Julie Phillips goes on the record in conversation with renowned ghostwriter Tony Horne to unravel that Truth of Lies…
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