The Veteran by Frederick Forsyth

Description

“The Veteran (short story)” A unidentified man is kicked to death by a pair of thugs in London in a mugging gone wrong. The police identify and apprehend the pair, but they are let off when one of the best attorneys of the country is named their pro bono counsellor. Soon after the dismissal of the case, the detectives identify the dead man as a former BATT soldier who served in Mirbat, Oman. The lawyer for the two men had fought with the dead man, defeating an attack of 300-400 men. A few weeks later, the bodies of the two men are found at the bottom of a lake, strangled by piano wire.