It seems the British Army is taking flak over the failure of the court martial of seven members of 3 Para. It seems that there is, after all, no evidence and no charges to answer. The star witnesses flown from Iraq to appear for the prosecution turned out to be - let's be charitable - less than convincing and the case was thrown out by the judge.
And people are pissed. Waste of money, they claim (£8 million) on a trial that should never have gone ahead.
Which is a shame. Especially considering that the same people would be screaming "coverup" if the trial hadn't gone ahead.
Besides, anyone who knows anything about the procedures for British Army courts martial will know that in order for the accused to be acquitted that easily, the prosecution case must really suck. Usually, it's a slam-dunk, no matter how weak the evidence.
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