“Two British servicemen were disciplined and fined today for carrying out, respectively, a sexual offence on a young boy and being engaged in racist insults while serving in Afghanistan.”
The Independent, 4th June 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A former head of the SAS’s counter-terrorist team is suing the Metropolitan Police claiming he was wrongfully accused of leaking secret intelligence reports to a journalist.”
Daily Telegraph, 8th December 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Attorney General Dominic Grieve has been criticised for refusing to intervene in the case of Danny Nightingale, a soldier who pleaded guilty at a Court Martial recently to illegal possession of a gun and ammunition. Apparently Danny Nightingale’s solicitor intends to appeal, presumably against the sentence of 18 months detention. Grieve refused to intervene following a written request to do so from the Secretary of State for Defence, Philip Hammond.”
Head of Legal, 20th November 2012
Source: www.headoflegal.com
“Lawyers for an SAS soldier detained for possessing a pistol which he said was given as a war gift have launched an appeal against his conviction.”
BBC News, 21st November 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“An SAS veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan will lodge an appeal on Wednesday against a decision to jail him for possessing a pistol and live ammunition at his home in Britain.”
The Guardian, 20th November 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The attorney general has said it would be inappropriate for him to intervene in the case of a jailed SAS soldier, after a request by the defence secretary for him to review the conviction.”
The Guardian, 20th November 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Five Royal Marines have been charged with murder over an incident in Afghanistan in 2011, the MoD has said.”
BBC News, 14th October 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Ministry of Defence is to pay compensation after a British soldier stabbed an Afghan boy with his bayonet.”
The Independent, 18th August 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“After the end of national service in the early 1960s, the creation of a volunteer armed forces led to the issue of conscientious objection in Britain being largely relegated to the annals of history. However, a freedom of information request by The Independent revealed that since 1999 there have been 21 applications from members of the armed forces for discharge on the grounds of conscientious objection.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 7th March 2012
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
“Major Robert Armstrong, who was awarded the MC for gallantry three years ago, faced a court martial for separate charges, including the possession of secret documents which the judge said could have undermined national security.”
Daily Telegraph, 28th February 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Regina v Armstrong [2012] EWCA Crim 83; [2012] WLR (D) 22
“If in the military courts a judge did not approve of a course that a military prosecutor intended to take the proper course for the judge was to ask for the matter to be referred either to the Director of Service Prosecutions or to the Attorney General, as might be appropriate.”
WLR Daily, 1st February 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“The co-pilot of an RAF helicopter that crashed during a ‘jolly’, killing the pilot and two others, has avoided jail.”
BBC News, 16th December 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Moral objections to the UK’s involvement in Afghanistan do not constitute a defence to an insubordination charge, the Court Martial Appeal Court has ruled. The appellant was not entitled to disobey a lawful command on the ground of conscientious objection.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 13th December 2011
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“Bruised by revelations of wrongdoing by British troops, the Ministry of Defence has agreed to be more transparent and provide more information about courts martial and other action taken against members of the armed forces, the Guardian has been told.”
The Guardian, 5th December 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A Royal Navy medic who refused to attend rifle training because of his objection to the war in Afghanistan has lost an appeal against his detention.”
BBC News, 13th October 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Anthony Gray also ordered to pay back £53,000 he claimed to send children to boarding school after spilt from wife.”
The Guardian, 5th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A commander in the Royal Navy has been found guilty of dishonestly claiming allowances to send his two children to boarding school.”
BBC News, 12th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A Royal Navy medic was sentenced to seven months’ detention in a military correction facility today after he was found guilty of disobeying a legal order by refusing to attend rifle training because of his ‘moral objection’ to bearing arms and the war in Afghanistan.”
The Independent, 5th July 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A Royal Navy medic from Plymouth has appeared before a court martial on a charge of wilful disobedience for refusing to deploy to Afghanistan.”
BBC News, 1st April 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
