Royal Marine appeals against conviction for killing Taliban insurgent

Off By Sharon Black

Sergeant Alexander Blackman was found guilty in November of murdering the injured Afghan man in Helmand in 2011

A Royal Marine found guilty of murdering a badly injured Taliban insurgent has asked three of the country’s most senior judges to overturn his “unsafe” conviction.

Sergeant Alexander Blackman, who is serving a minimum of 10 years in a civilian jail, has launched an appeal against his conviction at the court martial appeal court in London.

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