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<p>started a page</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>[[Michael Wainhouse]] was a British soldier and mercenary.<br /> <br /> ==Northern Ireland==<br /> Wainhouse served in [[1 Battalion, Parachute Regiment]] in Northern Ireland.&lt;ref&gt;Tony Geraghty, Guns for Hire: The Inside Story of Freelance Soldiering, Piatkus, 2008. p.60.&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> He was one of four soldiers charged with bank robbery in January 1972. The ''Irish News'' reported:<br /> <br /> ::Four British soldiers serving in Northern Ireland appeared at a special court at Bangor yesterday, charged with stealing £93 from Clandeboye Post Office last Tuesday:<br /> ::The soldiers, members of the [[Parachute Regiment]] stationed at Palace Barracks, are also charged with putting the Post Master, Mr. Oswald Walsh, in fear of being subjected to force.<br /> <br /> ::They are Privates [[Cyril Verbeck]] (21), [[Stephen Peter Kirby]] (21), [[Michael Wainhouse]] (22) and [[Costas Georgiou]] (21). They were remanded on their own bail of £20 into military custody to appear at Bangor Magistrate's Court on February 2.&lt;ref&gt;British soldiers on post office theft charge, Irish News, 21 January 1972.&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> According to Tony Geraghty, Georgiou and Wainhouse were convicted and sentenced to 5 years imprisonment.&lt;ref&gt;Tony Geraghty, Guns for Hire: The Inside Story of Freelance Soldiering, Piatkus, 2008. p.60.&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> &lt;references/&gt;<br /> <br /> [[Category:British Army|Wainhouse, Michael]][[Category:Parachute Regiment|Wainhouse, Michael]][[Category:1976 Angola Mercenaries|Wainhouse, Michael]]</div>

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