Marine A secures new hearing.

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Tuesday 6th December 2016
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Sgt Alexander Blackman has managed to convince the Courts Martial Appeal Court to hear his case for a second time. The Criminal Cases Review Commission has received enough new evidence to justify another look at the case that was based around the allegation of murdering an Afghan prisoner in 2011.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38225713

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Thursday 16th March 2017
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I skipped over the playground exchange by some of PH's eminent psychiatrists so might be repeating something here, but Blackman is due to be (re)sentenced on Friday March 24th (Diminished Responsibility Manslaughter).

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Thursday 27th April 2017
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According to Facebook and Twitter's @justiceforBigAl, it looks like Blackman will be released tomorrow.