CROSSBOW murder suspect Kyle Clifford dropped out of the Army after two years.
One ex-soldier who trained with him says he never fitted in at the Queen’s Dragoons after joining in 2019.
It was also claimed Clifford had failed phase one training at ATC Pirbright in Brookwood, Surrey.
His former colleague said: “Kyle didn’t change throughout service.
“People got so frustrated with him.
“Everyone had to pick up the slack.
“He wasn’t a good soldier.”
After the Army, Clifford took a number of low-paid jobs before finding work in private security.
One of his jobs for six months in 2023 was at Amthal, a fire and security installation company in St Albans, Herts.
He had been in a relationship with Louise Hunt but it is understood the couple had recently broken up.
One of three children, Clifford’s older brother Bradley, 30, is serving a life sentence for the murder of a young moped rider who smashed a bottle against his car during a row in 2017.
He was given a minimum 23-year tariff after ramming his 18-year-old victim at 60mph with his Ford Mustang before beating him as he lay fatally injured.
