More Disgraceful "Justice"

Reebok Trotter wrote:

Natasha Whittam wrote:

Reebok Trotter wrote:

What is your take on the SAS sniper who is currently serving eighteen months for illegal possession of a firearm ?

A fucking outrage. I am currently putting together a team to break him out.

It's a tough one. He was sentenced by a military court. On the one hand he has served his country and risked his life for our freedom and on the other hand he was in possession of an illegal unlicensed firearm with several hundred rounds of ammunition.

What if that weapon had got into the wrong hands ?

bwfc71 wrote:

Reebok Trotter wrote:

Natasha Whittam wrote:

Reebok Trotter wrote:

What is your take on the SAS sniper who is currently serving eighteen months for illegal possession of a firearm ?

A fucking outrage. I am currently putting together a team to break him out.

It's a tough one. He was sentenced by a military court. On the one hand he has served his country and risked his life for our freedom and on the other hand he was in possession of an illegal unlicensed firearm with several hundred rounds of ammunition.

What if that weapon had got into the wrong hands ?

I agree. It was intimated by his defence that he had a mini-stroke and couldn't remember receiving the gun and ammo. I suspect it was a defence ploy. After Hungerford and Dunblaine there really is no excuse for having firearms in your possession without a proper permit. A number of ex military firearms have turned up in the hands of gangs in Moss Side and there is clearly a lucrative business for selling firearms, especially among drug dealers.

Agree with both of you as this is a tough one to call.



On the one hand it was a "gift" for what he had done and was accepted as such. On the other hand he didn't register teh gift and "forgot" about it - hence the military court and not civilian court.

But saying that after the guy was arrested their was an arms amnesty in which quite a few of the similar weapons and bullets were handed in, from the same unit!!!

If anything I believe it should be a stern warning (i.e. a slap on the wrist). He has basically become the "fall-guy" for his unit!

Reebok Trotter wrote:

Natasha Whittam wrote:

Reebok Trotter wrote:

What is your take on the SAS sniper who is currently serving eighteen months for illegal possession of a firearm ?

A fucking outrage. I am currently putting together a team to break him out.

It's a tough one. He was sentenced by a military court. On the one hand he has served his country and risked his life for our freedom and on the other hand he was in possession of an illegal unlicensed firearm with several hundred rounds of ammunition.

What if that weapon had got into the wrong hands ?

Angry Dad wrote: Or what if he had turned and started shooting people in a school or shopping centre, he is an experienced shooter, and i think i'd know if i had a hand gun and loads of ammo and why did he lose his memory, he could have used it on his family in a confused state, soldiers do suffer breakdowns,it's a hard one to call.

Reebok Trotter wrote:

Angry Dad wrote: Or what if he had turned and started shooting people in a school or shopping centre, he is an experienced shooter, and i think i'd know if i had a hand gun and loads of ammo and why did he lose his memory, he could have used it on his family in a confused state, soldiers do suffer breakdowns,it's a hard one to call.

That is what I was thinking. He is now appealing against the sentence so it will be interesting to see what the courts decide.

bwfc1874 wrote:He broke the law, why should being in the army change the way you're treated? If I'd 'forgotten' about having a gun and live ammunition in my house, I'd get prosecuted.

So should he.