Lawyers will argue Sgt Alexander Blackman, imprisoned for murder for shooting a wounded insurgent in Afghanistan, deserves to be granted bail and reunited with his family.

Alexander Blackman's wife Claire and hundreds of supporters swamped the Royal Courts of Justice in the hope a judge orders his freedom - but the decision was delayed until Wednesday.

KATIE HOPKINS joins Marines, Chelsea Pensioners and the ordinary men and women campaigning to free 'Marine A', Sgt Alexander Blackman.

His wife Claire was in court as the Lord Chief Justice denied his immediate release from prison where he is serving a life sentence for shooting a Taliban fighter.

Goaded beyond what many of us would regard as reasonable endurance yet again, Sgt Al Blackman barely registered a flicker of emotion as he was told by the High Court he would not be home for Christmas.

Judge Jeff Blackett has been criticised by the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) for failing to offer a jury the chance to convict Alexander Blackman of manslaughter.

Former Royal Marine Commando Neal Ascherson has joined the campaign to secure the release of Sgt Alexander Blackman who is serving eight years for killing a wounded Taliban terrorist.

Several ex-SAS war heroes have spoken out in support of Sergeant Alexander Blackman and said they killed badly wounded Argentinian soldiers in the Falklands to 'end their suffering'.

Dramatic video clips that show the lead up to the Marine A shooting incident during the Afghanistan War have been released by the Ministry of Defence following a legal challenge.

Some 500 supporters were expected to throng The Strand in London in solidarity with the jailed Royal Marine. An even greater number is expected tomorrow.

The dramatic footage from the frontine was shown in court at Sgt Blackman's appeal as his legal team argued that his environment was a 'breeding ground' for mental illness.

Jailed Royal Marine Alexander Blackman was 'suffering from the trauma of war' in Afghanistan when he shot a wounded Taliban fighter dead, an appeal court heard.

At the end of his appeal hearing judges said their decision would 'take some time' – but they appeared to rule out a retrial. His wife Claire left the Royal Courts of Justice to huge cheers from supporters.

Photographs taken from Sgt Alexander Blackman's camera reveal Checkpoint Omar, home in 2011 to 16 soldiers from J Company, 42 Commando Royal Marines. ‘Home’, but not at all homely.

The Reverend Nigel Beardsley told military police that he did not visit the Afghan checkpoint where the marine (pictured) was based because he was warned it was simply too dangerous.

Royal Marine Alexander Blackman, who shot an injured Taliban fighter in Afghanistan, will find out the result of an appeal against his murder conviction on Wednesday.

His wife Claire grinned and there were loud gasps and then cheers from his family, ex-Marines and other supporters as Court of Appeal judges quashed Alexander Blackman's conviction.

Sergeant Alexander Blackman had his murder conviction overturned on Wednesday after he was jailed for shooting a wounded Taliban insurgent in Afghanistan in 2011.

Sergeant Blackman became the first British serviceman to be convicted of murder on a foreign battlefield. He has now had his conviction quashed following an appeal in London.

As Sergeant Alexander Blackman was already in jail, the police and Crown Prosecution Service were no longer interested in the case and Professor Neil Greenberg had to do his own information-gathering.

Colonel Oliver Lee - one of the few top brass to emerge with credit (pictured in Afghanistan) – resigned in protest at the treatment of Sgt Blackman.

The former Marines said Sergeant Alexander Blackman (pictured) 'took responsibility' for killing the insurgent whom 'everybody wanted dead' because saving him would have risked British lives.

Standing outside the High Court on Wednesday was a shy, unassuming woman clearly unused to the media spotlight. It was Claire Blackman, wife of Sergeant Alexander Blackman.

Frances Blackman's soldier son Alexander Blackman was jailed on her 74th birthday for shooting dead a Taliban insurgent during a battle in Afghanistan.

Frances Blackman’s son Alexander became the country’s most talked-about Royal Marine when he was jailed for life – on his mother’s 74th birthday – after the most controversial episode of the Afghan war.

Sergeant Alexander Blackman killed more than 30 of the ‘Queen’s enemies’ during his service in the Royal Marines, a court heard yesterday.

Former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey (pictured) defended former Royal Marine Alexander Blackman, saying he was a 'magnificent' soldier who made a split second choice in the heat of battle.

Alexander Blackman offered his ‘profound and heartfelt’ thanks to Mail readers after learning he will be freed within weeks for killing an injured Taliban fighter in Afghanistan in 2011.

The decision took a second or two to sink in. Their years of armed combat had left some of the gents in this crowd a little hard of hearing, writes ROBERT HARDMAN.

Alexander and Claire Blackman are expected to receive police protection from potential terrorist attack because he shot dead a Taliban fighter in Afghanistan in 2011.

Sgt Al Blackman, known as Marine A, left HMP Erlestoke, Wiltshire, on the backseat of an Audi car (pictured) just after 12.30am today, having spent 1,277 days behind bars.

EXCLUSIVE: It was the moment the couple have dreamed of since the commando was jailed for life in December 2013 for shooting a Taliban fighter in Afghanistan.

Star Al Pacino could play Alexander Blackman's lawyer Jonathan Goldman QC. Sergeant Blackman, 42, was released from HMP Erlestoke Prison, Wiltshire, yesterday and reunited with wife Claire.

EXCLUSIVE: Sergeant Alexander Blackman relives his ordeal for the first time after being convicted of murder for shooting a mortally wounded Taliban fanatic in Afghanistan in 2011.

He had been behind bars for 1,134 days when he learned that his controversial murder conviction for killing a Taliban fanatic on the battlefield stood a chance of being quashed.

The Royal Marine (pictured with his wife Claire) said he spent long periods during his time in jail considering why he killed the insurgent in Afghanistan in 2011 and still doesn't know.

Richard Spendlove, who has been broadcasting since 1989, has quite the BBC after accusing Radio Cambridgeshire of throwing him to the lions after it found he'd supported Marine A on air.

Sergeant Blackman was reunited with wife Claire in April after serving 1,277 days behind bars for shooting a Taliban fighter in Afghanistan.

Sgt Alexander Blackman - known as Marine A - has joined a new scheme supporting wounded servicemen find work, which was officially launched yesterday at the Houses of Parliament.

Marine A Sergeant Alexander Blackman, who was released from prison in 2017, appeared on ITV on Wednesday, where he said he was looking for work following his manslaughter charge.

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