Royal Marine Found Guilty of Murder

A Royal Marine has been found guilty of murdering an Afghan fighter, who had been seriously wounded by an Apache attack helicopter.
A court martial in Bulford, Wiltshire, found that the serviceman - known only as Marine A - shot the insurgent, who was armed with an AK47, in the chest with a 9mm pistol in Helmand Province more than two years ago.
Two other Marines - referred to as Marines B and C - were acquitted.
All will remain anonymous until the court martial or a judge decides otherwise.
The three men had denied murdering the unknown captured Afghan national on or about September 15, 2011, contrary to Section 42 of the Armed Forces Act 2006.
But a seven-strong board, consisting of officers and non-commissioned officers, convicted Marine A following a two-week trial.
Marine A shot the Afghan national in the chest at close range before quoting a phrase from Shakespeare as the man convulsed and died in front of him.
"There you are. Shuffle off this mortal coil, you ****. It's nothing you wouldn't do to us," Marine A told the insurgent.
He then turned to comrades and said: "Obviously this doesn't go anywhere, fellas. I just broke the Geneva Convention."
The insurgent's body was left where he died and was later taken by locals, who erected a memorial in its place. No post-mortem was conducted.
The killing came to light as it was filmed by a camera mounted on the helmet of Marine B.
Judge Advocate General Jeff Blackett ruled that the graphic video footage cannot be released, but agreed that the audio could be made public.
The video, which was played to the court, shows Marine A walking forward, bending down, and shooting the man at close range in the centre of his chest.