Sargeant Blackman

[Deskdiary]

The lunatic on Westminster continues, quite rightly, to be the main topic on the news at the moment, but let's hope for some good news that Sgt Blackman will be released today.

Having seen the recent Panorama documentary about Marine A, and the comments from the men in the field, and the undoubted extreme perssures they were under, makes me even more surprised at the now quashed murder conviction.

[andy-hughes]

hereIam - //Oh by the way a_h, don't bother cutting and pasting, because I won't be reading it. //

Sorry - we cross-posted ... hang on, you won't be reading this either will you!!

DOH!

[ChillDoubt]

As I've asked elsewhere on others threads, how many of the pontificating posters watched the Panorama programme last week?
They really ought to as it would give them a proper insight into the events leading up to Sgt Blackman giving an insurgent the coup de grace and preventing further exposure to danger and potential loss of life for more British Servicemen.

[ChillDoubt]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b08hwmkg/panorama-marine-a-the-inside-story

Go on andy, get yourself some proper 'insight and understanding' for once.....

[Peter Pedant]

I step forward to watching the Panorama prog
[and not being too impressed TBH]

and who had read the ref to the appeal judgement that Slaney gave
I alone step forward again

and who knows that it was a court martial with a 'jury' of military people so they know what it is like to be under fire - a point pontificated on by just about everyone
yup me again

any more rhetorical questions I can pontificate on ? I would be glad to oblige ....

( there is something called a service civilian court but I am pretty certain he wasnt indicted in one of these ....apparently there was some choice and he could have been indicted for murder in a civilian court )

[ChillDoubt]

I step forward to watching the Panorama prog
[and not being too impressed TBH]
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From what I recall on the other thread you got some facts in the programme quite wrong in your summary of it, as I pointed out.