mo4ch:>Ghana-born ex-trooper sues UK Army for $190,000 after being left out in the cold | Mo4ch News

A former UK soldier is claiming the army didn’t take account of his African origin and failed to provide him with suitable winter gear for an 18-hour exercise in freezing temperatures.According to a lawsuit against the Ministry of Defense, Michael Asiamah, formerly with the Adjutant General’s Corps, is suffering from a “nonfreezing cold injury” that he sustained three years ago, the Daily Express reports.When he participated in Exercise Scorpion in March 2016, he was not issued a proper cold-weather kit, such-as mittens, gloves, socks and boots. Now he wants the government to pay £150,000 ($190,000) in damages.The 36-year-old’s lawyer said the 18-hour drill, which was conducted in cold and windy weather, left him experiencing numbness and pain in his limbs. He still feels the lasting effect of the injury, which has prevented him from becoming a PE instructor. He cannot leave his home if temperatures drop below 15 degrees Celsius because this would aggravate his symptoms, the lawsuit s…