British soldiers accused of abuse
Shocking images of British soldiers allegedly abusing Iraqi prisoners will be revealed in a courtroom in Germany.
Three soldiers, from the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, are facing a court martial in Osnabruck, over the ill-treatment of the civilian prisoners.
Corporal Daniel Kenyon, 33, and Lance Corporals Mark Cooley, 25, and Darren Larkin, 30, are accused of abusing the men at a humanitarian aid camp near Basra in May, 2003.
Lance Corporal Larkin, from Oldham, in Greater Manchester, and Lance Corporal Cooley and Corporal Kenyon served in Iraq during the invasion.
They will be tried in front of Judge Advocate Michael Hunter and several officers from the British military.
If convicted, they could be jailed and discharged from the army.
The court martial is expected to last for three to four weeks.
Things just get worse and worse don’t they?
