Marine A secures new hearing.

[Cold]

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).

[tommunster10]

DanielSan said:

La Liga said:

He does the same on every thread, post something then argue he's said something different despite the fact it's there to read. You should see the F1 testing thread....

So you bring your petty bias from thread to thread based on stuff I've posted you don't agree with...very mature.

[DanielSan]

Ayahuasca said:

Quite a damning indictment on the leadership of 42 Commando, by the CO of 45 Commando Lt Col Oliver Lee. Claims that 42 was badly led, ill-disciplined, one of its bases had a squalid, feral feel to it with graffiti on weapons, litter and filth everywhere, very few visits from their CO, disrespectful troops, morally bereft, and using over-aggressive tactics that caused civilian casualties.

Quite remarkable for one officer to so viciously criticise another.

That depends on any ulterior motives to be honest.

[Ayahuasca]

DanielSan said:

Ayahuasca said:

Quite a damning indictment on the leadership of 42 Commando, by the CO of 45 Commando Lt Col Oliver Lee. Claims that 42 was badly led, ill-disciplined, one of its bases had a squalid, feral feel to it with graffiti on weapons, litter and filth everywhere, very few visits from their CO, disrespectful troops, morally bereft, and using over-aggressive tactics that caused civilian casualties.

Quite remarkable for one officer to so viciously criticise another.

That depends on any ulterior motives to be honest.

What ulterior motives might he have had? Col Oliver resigned his commission over this, so advancement in the military was not a consideration.

Here is his pre-deployment address to the troops - seems a good and conscientious officer.

https://www.facebook.com/forcesbible/videos/168766...

[DanielSan]

Ahh I hadn't seen he'd resigned.

[alfa phil]

Any one know what the outcome was today, think he was due to hear, when he will be freed.

[ellroy]

Sentencing adjourned until Tuesday.

[smileymikey]

I think its just to give the sentencing verdict a few days distance from the killings in London. Whatever your views on his actions, I think its probably a commonsense move.

[donutsina911]

Out in a fortnight...

[speedyman]

donutsina911 said:

Out in a fortnight...

Great news, I hope he gets his pension reinstated to.

[XslaneyX]

donutsina911 said:

Out in a fortnight...

Good News!

[Zoobeef]

speedyman said:

Great news, I hope he gets his pension reinstated to.

You still lose your job for manslaughter.

[uk66fastback]

So gets seven years. Hasn't done three, yet he's coming out?

[alfa phil]

Pleased for him ,a bit of common sense, in this mad world we live in .

[Cold]

According to Facebook and Twitter's @justiceforBigAl, it looks like Blackman will be released tomorrow.

[BlackLabel]

And he's free.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/04/28/sgt-ale...

[Deptford Draylons]

His QC sounds a bit of an odd one. I was wondering if he was a Ukip councilor from what he was saying.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbJacmA_I7U

[boyse7en]

http://www.devonlive.com/alexander-blackman-in-tal...

Not sure I like the idea of this. Something about it sits uneasily with me.

[RizzoTheRat]

Surely anything he made from a book or film would count as proceeds of crime wouldn't it?

[LordHaveMurci]

RizzoTheRat said:

Surely anything he made from a book or film would count as proceeds of crime wouldn't it?

If that is true (& I suspect it isn't) then I'd wager HE won't benefit from it