Telly star: I turned to drink & drugs as brother died
Trauma of Who Dares Wins Louise
After bout with male recruit
derful to help him fulfil a dying wish.” After his death Louise got back on track, did a degree and channelled her energies into fitness. In tonight’s episode of the SAS series, filmed in the Andes mountains in Chile, she and eight other recruits bid for a place in the final. Louise says the memory of Scott pushed her on and “gave me inspiration” during gruelling tasks.
Women were allowed to take part in the Channel 4 show after the MOD lifted a ban on females joining the SAS. Viewers were shocked last month when Louise selected a male recruit for a boxing bout. Fellow contestant Nathaniel, 27, was told not to hold back and With her brother Scott battered Louise. But she said it was even tougher than shown on screen. She was floored three times and hauled up by chief instructor Ant Middleton, 38. Louise, of St Ives, Cornwall, said: “It was brutal. Ant dragged me up and told me to go back in. Being hit in the face is not pleasant.” SAS: Who Dares Wins is on C4 at 9pm. antonia.paget@mirror.co.uk