Mum on mission to support charity

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A mum with a passion for dance is ona mission to raise £5000 for charity in tribute to her dad, a triple-amputee who sustained life-changing injuries in Afghanistan.

Nikkole Jamieson was only aged 13 when she and her family found out that her dad Gary was in a critical condition. Her younger sister Taylan was aged just 11 months.

On a routine patrol in Afghanistan in 2010, Gary Jamieson, a sergeant in the 1st Battalion Scots Guards, lost both legs and his left arm in a devastating IED attack. His best friend Alan Cameron, Nikkole’s “Uncle Cammy’ lost half his skull in the blast, and he died a year into his recovery.

“The day the soldier came to our door to tell us what had happened we were waiting on a phone call from dad,” said Nikkole, now 29 and a mum of three.

“With my uncle out there and my dad, when they came, we immediately wondered who had been hitand we found out it was both of them.”