“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
Archive for the 'courts martial' Category
Plymouth navy ‘objector’ medic before court martial – BBC News
Published April 4, 2011 armed forces , conscientious objection , courts martial , news Leave a CommentRegina v Twaite – WLR Daily
Published January 4, 2011 courts martial , human rights , law reports , verdicts Leave a CommentRegina v Twaite [2010] EWCA Crim 2973; [2010] WLR (D) 342
“Majority verdicts at a hearing before a Courts Martial were not, as a matter of principle, on that account alone to be regarded as blemished by unfairness or uncertainty or lack of safety.”
WLR Daily, 22nd December 2010
Source: http://www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Military justice – BBC Law in Action
Published November 3, 2010 armed forces , courts martial , podcasts Leave a Comment“Joshua Rozenberg asks whether recent reforms to the military justice system are sufficient to restore confidence in the way the armed forces deal with crimes committed by their own troops.”
BBC Law in Action, 3rd November 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Two Royal Marines dismissed over assault of Afghan prisoner – The Guardian
Published April 8, 2010 armed forces , assault , courts martial , news , sentencing Leave a Comment“Two Royal Marines were sentenced today for assaulting an Afghan prisoner held on suspicion of planting a bomb. Sergeant Mark Leader, based at the Commando Training Centre in Lympstone, Devon, was found guilty by a court martial panel of assault causing actual bodily harm on Mohammad Ekhlas on March 19 last year. Captain Jody Wheelhouse, from 45 Commando, Arbroath, Scotland, admitted the same offence at an earlier hearing. Wheelhouse was sentenced to dismissal with disgrace, while Leader was dismissed.”
The Guardian, 7th April 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Awol soldier Joe Glenton in jail sentence appeal – BBC News
Published March 11, 2010 Afghanistan , armed forces , courts martial , news , post-traumatic stress disorder , sentencing Leave a Comment“A soldier who was jailed after refusing to return to Afghanistan is appealing against his sentence.”
BBC News, 11th March 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Afghan war unlawful, says ‘deserter’ – The Independent
Published August 4, 2009 armed forces , courts martial , news , war Leave a Comment“A soldier facing court martial over his refusal to serve in Afghanistan is expected to claim in his defence that the war is unlawful.”
The Independent, 4th August 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
