The treatment of this man is nothing short of a disgrace. The double standards on show are breathtaking and the people responsible should be ashamed of themselves

The death of a warrior nation

The DJ?

Is he another paedo?

I'm out of touch, clue me in.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...ng-jailed.html

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...ng-jailed.html

I might take the excuse for having the glock pistol more seriously if he didn't also have 300 rounds of ammunition.

The excuse sounds very dodgy to me.

Nothing short of a disgrace ,let's just give free hand outs to people who preach evil and jail a man who gave all for his country .

It's been bandied about since remembrance day.
There seems to be a lot of mitigating circumstances. Almost incredible that, given he didn't even pack up his own kit, he takes the blame for it being among said personal kit & still ends up with 18 months in the glass house.

Not seen anything about the rounds of ammo, but this quote seems strange to me

'The weapon was sent back from Iraq in 2007 after Sgt Nightingale left the country, and secured at the SAS’s headquarters before being moved to a house Sgt Nightingale briefly shared with another soldier.'

If it was secured at SAS HQ, how did it get removed? I would have thought they had VERY tight processes for tracking firearms

plus one

But this stuff was shipped in 2009.

How, exactly, do you miss a Glock and 300 rounds of ammo in a squaddie's personal effects? For 3 years?

I'm thinking the court marshal might well have other info on this matter, like where and how this gun/ammo was shipped and stored, that might have made them think he knew full well that he had an illegal weapon in his possession.

The whole thing stinks imo. Yes he messed up with how he went about taking the gun into the country but he's been perfectly honest and why 'they' have stitched him up with the sentence makes no sense.

I understand that he left the country escorting his comrade home... His stuff was packed and sent On.. Held on a uk base for a period of time, then was reunited with him later.....

This case stinks! As does the criminal so called justice system.... It's no way to treat our Heros

Yup, my thoughts too! In fact, the sentence was apparently quite lenient for the severity of the offence. Could have been 5 years. I suspect, like everything else, there are two sides to this story as well.

Not often i agree with you,in fact never,but the sentence is a joke,this man deserves the respect of his nation.

Its disgraceful. He didn't pack his gear up to come home, that was done for him as he'd already left, escorting dead comrades home. He has since been less than 100% mentally due (not surprisingly) to his experiences, hadn't even unpacked the gear since it was sent home for him so didn't realise the weapon was even in there.
Total miscarriage of justice, lets just hope he and his family have the strength to fight through an appeal