The widow and mother of a Scottish soldier, who survived an explosion in Afghanistan only to die in an alleged brawl in a German pub, are locked in a court battle over where he will be buried.

Private Mark Connolly’s wife has lodged papers at the Court of Session in a bid to overturn a decision by the Ministry of Defence.  The MOD says it has to release her husband’s body to his mother because she was named as Executor in his will.   That has been challenged by Mrs Connolly’s lawyers.

Mrs Connolly’s lawyers are claiming that the MOD has wrongly based its decision on English law and that Scots law should apply in this matter.  Her lawyers are also arguing that under Scottish law it is not automatically the case that the Executor decides where and how a person is buried.

The story from the Scotsman can be found here.