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Court martial panel for Alexander Blackman 'was split 5-2 over guilty verdict' 

Alexander Blackman was found guilty by only five of the seven jurors trying him, it was claimed yesterday. The other two officers on the court martial panel are said to have come under ‘very considerable pressure’ to change their not guilty verdicts.




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Frederick Forsyth drops dark hints about Sgt Blackman's court martial

Author Frederick Forsyth, 77, raises the possibility that the Taliban fighter shot by Sergeant Alexander Blackman may well have been dead at the moment that the Marine fired at him.




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Lord Burnett believes Sergeant Alexander Blackman court martial was 'flawed'

Lord Burnett, who was a Royal Marine commando for seven years, said the court martial which found Alexander Blackman guilty of murder for shooting a wounded Taliban gunman, was flawed.




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Witnesses blocked from Marine A's court martial

Colonel Oliver Lee - one of the few top brass to emerge with credit (pictured in Afghanistan) – resigned in protest at the treatment of Sgt Blackman.