Rejected petition Re examine the Sgt Blackman case before the MoD hide the new evidence.

Sgt Blackman was convicted of a murder on the battlefield in Afghanistan in 2011. Was tried at a court martial and found quilty on a split of 5 - 2. The panel consisted of men who had never served on the battlefiled. It has now come out that relevant information had beed supressed.

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Date submitted 13 September 2015
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