A former army chief has called for severe punishment for the Royal Marine sergeant who was convicted of murdering an Afghan militant.
Lord Guthrie, a former chief of the defence staff, told the Observer that “murder is murder”.
"My view is that the military should observe the highest standards, and if some crime is committed, like everybody else they should pay the price. I don't know whether there were any mitigating circumstances, but murder is murder."
The conviction was the first time a marine was found guilty of a war crime.
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