‘I blame PTSD,’ says Afghanistan veteran accused of park sex assault

An Afghanistan veteran accused of brutally sexually assaulting a woman in a park claimed his post traumatic stress disorder made him ‘blank out’. Liam Burbidge, 27, attacked the woman in St James’s Park and told her: ‘You f***ing love it,’ it is claimed. He then said: ‘Sorry, I had PTSD sometimes I just blank out, I don’t know what I’ve done.’ In a video statement recorded a day later the woman said he had given her a succession of strong…