Marine loses appeal against murder conviction

Marine loses appeal against murder conviction

Off By Sharon Black

Sergeant Alexander Blackman argued that conviction was unsafe as court martial required only a simple majority verdict

A Royal Marine found guilty of murdering a badly injured Taliban insurgent has lost his fight to clear his name.

Sergeant Alexander Blackman, who is serving a life sentence in a civilian jail, asked three of the country’s most senior judges to overturn what he claimed was an unsafe conviction.

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