The appeal of a former Royal Marine from Somerset jailed for killing a Taliban insurgent in Afghanistan will take place next month.
On 15 September 2011, Sergeant Alexander Blackman pointed his gun at the a wounded Taliban fighter and pulled the trigger saying to the wounded man: "Shuffle off this mortal coil you c***. It's nothing you wouldn't do to us."
He told those under his command to keep quiet about what they had just seen: "Obviously this doesn't go anywhere, fellas. I...
