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Five Royal Marines charged with murder

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Sunday, October 14, 2012
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Five Royal Marines have been charged with murder following a series of arrests over the past four days.

On Thursday seven men were arrested. A further arrest was made on Friday and on Saturday, bringing the total in custody to nine. Four were then released without charge yesterday.

All five are believed to be members of 42 Commando Royal Marines, based at Bickleigh, near Plymouth. They had been on tour in Afghanistan as part of Operation Herrick and had recently returned to the UK.

The alleged offences relate to an incident in Afghanistan which took place during 2011. Evidence was found during investigations by civilian police into a separate matter, involving a laptop computer.

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A statement received from the MOD today says:

"The RMP [Royal Military Police] has referred the cases of the remaining five Royal Marines to the independent Service Prosecuting Authority (SPA). Following direction from the SPA these marines have now been charged with murder and they remain in custody pending court proceedings.

"It would be inappropriate to comment further on this ongoing investigation."

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  • Profile image for SidneyNuff

    by SidneyNuff

    Monday, October 15 2012, 10:00PM

    “You would probably need to spend less time on the internet Chunder if you got a job. Are you sure you'd be up to it.”

  • Profile image for Chunder123

    by Chunder123

    Monday, October 15 2012, 8:56PM

    “I actually quite like the idea of running a burger bar. That would be cool”

  • Profile image for Chunder123

    by Chunder123

    Monday, October 15 2012, 8:54PM

    “the point i am making is we need to stop sending people to war and starting more wars. Its not getting us anywhere. It's not a perfect world but we can at least try and stop carrying on with this madness”

  • Profile image for Chunder123

    by Chunder123

    Monday, October 15 2012, 5:45PM

    “you don't flip burgers you turn them. A bad chef flips”

  • Profile image for Chunder123

    by Chunder123

    Monday, October 15 2012, 5:43PM

    “don't forget the powdered milk factories that we're destroyed also. How does that make you feel sidneynuff. Do you like that?”

  • Profile image for Chunder123

    by Chunder123

    Monday, October 15 2012, 5:41PM

    “Funny how you get condemned for simply stating the truth. Sidneynuff is either sick or stupid or both even. PErhaps he gets excited about the innocent iraqis killed by the government in the early 90s. It probably makes his day”

  • Profile image for SidneyNuff

    by SidneyNuff

    Sunday, October 14 2012, 11:41PM

    “Don't worry chunder, I don't think anyone would put you in charge of imposing sanctions on people. Flipping burgers at McDonalds or the check out at Tesco maybe, but you would have to put all your effort into it, and get out of bed before dinner time.”

  • Profile image for Chunder123

    by Chunder123

    Sunday, October 14 2012, 11:06PM

    “This whole situation was big darn paperwork error right from the beginning. YEs there are terrorists in Afghanistan but we simply cannot ignore the sanctions imposed on the iraqis in the gulf war and the harm that did to people of iraq. I would be horrified if i new i had helped impose sanctions on innocent people. SOme are still ignorant to this fact today and will never be told anything due to being brainwashed. WE need to move away from this sort of thing for the future. Hopefully this nonsense will be centuries behind us for the future. I've been told by government officials that all that military hardware that many people are led to believe protects them is in reality worthless. I've been told all that stuff is worthless and does not protect us”

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    by Crackthump

    Sunday, October 14 2012, 2:46PM

    “War is HELL! These animals that our troops are fighting do not deserve to be treated as human beings! They don't fight by the rules- They shoot schoolgirls in the head for wanting to get an education, stone women for wearing trousers and publicly behead western contractors for helping re-build Afghanistan. We cannot have a situation where an insurgent engages our troops, kills and maims them and then throws down his weapon, raises his hands and expects to be treated humanely. In these circumstances, NO QUARTER should be given!!!!!!! Hopefully the West Country will get behind our brave Royal Marines and give them the support they deserve. They are our local troops.
    Lets hope they get the same legal support that seems so easily available to the terrorist murderers that seek shelter in our great country. Per Mare Per Terram.”

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    by SidneyNuff

    Sunday, October 14 2012, 11:54AM

    “We put men in a situation of life and death, where they are being attacked not by an army dressed in a uniform but by people hidden in civillian clothes. They have to make split second decisions, if they get them wrong they are dead. They work in constant fear with friends dying around them daily. 99.9% of the time they get things right under extreme conditions. Very occassionally they make mistakes. We then bring them back to a nice clean safe courtroom and politely ask them to explain themselves to middle class liberals in funny wigs who will only ever go to Afganistan when they have built an exclusive, nice and safe, ski resort in the mountains. Let's all meet for gin and tonics after a tiring 4 hour session in the courtroom. 24hrs without sleep in Afganistan, they couldn't imagine it and they certainly wouldn't do it for the 84K per annum they are paid, let alone a soldiers wage.”

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