The appeal of a former Royal Marine from Somerset jailed for killing a Taliban insurgent in Afghanistan is due to begin today.
The hearing is listed to take place over the next three days at the High Court in London in which Alexander Blackman, from Taunton, will fight his convicton for murder in 2013.
On 15 September 2011, Sergeant 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...
