MoD forced to release report on failings behind Marine A killing

Campaigners for Sgt Alexander Blackman believe a secret 50-page report gives evidence he was let down by commanders and placed under unbearable pressure that caused him to snap:

Ministers have been forced to reveal a secret report expected to show damning command failings in the run up to a Royal Marine shooting dead a Taliban captive in Afghanistan. Bowing to allegations of a cover-up, the Ministry of Defence said it would release the internal review that found a series of shortcomings by Sgt Alexander Blackman’s chain of command. Campaigners seeking the release of Blackman claim these put him under intolerable pressure leading him to snap and shoot dead the badly wounded fighter during a 2011 patrol in Helmand. Claire Blackman, his wife, told the Telegraph the MoD’s decision to release the report to the legal team fighting to have his case reviewed was “a great step forward”.


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/defence/11869808/MoD-forced-to-release-report-on-failings-behind-Marine-A-killing.html


Glad to see some common sense here and that the case will be reviewed again.
He should never have been convicted.

Good job my mates and i never carried cameras!
the only good VC was a dead un'


This SOLDIER did what needed doing, as many of us did.