SAS hero who single-handedly fought off terrorists in Kenya siege in legal fight over book release

AN SAS hero who single-handedly fought terrorists in a hotel siege is taking legal action after being blocked from releasing a book about the attack.

Special Forces sergeant Christian Craighead rescued dozens of civilians in 2019 and won a Conspicuous Gallantry Cross.

He was off duty when jihadists attacked a hotel and shops complex in Nairobi, Kenya, killing 21.

Christian led a counter-attack armed with an assault rifle, pistol and knife.

But the ex-soldier says the Ministry of Defence will not let him publish his memoir, One Man In.

Christian told the BBC: “The MoD still won’t give me its blessing so I’m taking the Government to the courts.”

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The MoD would not comment on “ongoing litigation”.

Officials are said to be wary of upsetting Kenya by acknowledging an SAS presence there.

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