Widow pays tribute to soldier husband

Christina Schmid

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Christina Schmid, whose husband Olaf was killed while trying to defuse a bomb in Afghanistan, has said he was an "absolute hero".

Staff Sergeant Olaf Schmid, 30, had made safe 64 explosive devices and found 11 bomb-making centres during his five months in the country.

His body was returned to the UK at RAF Lyneham in Wiltshire

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