British soldiers jailed

Three British soldiers convicted of mistreating detainees in Iraq were expelled from the army and jailed yesterday after a trial over prisoner abuse that drew comparison with the Abu Ghraib scandal. Judge Advocate Michael Hunter made the announcement...

Three British soldiers convicted of mistreating detainees in Iraq were expelled from the army and jailed yesterday after a trial over prisoner abuse that drew comparison with the Abu Ghraib scandal.

Judge Advocate Michael Hunter made the announcement after a seven-member panel of officers found the three men guilty earlier in the week.

The case came to light when another soldier was arrested with photographs depicting scenes of mistreatment including some in which soldiers had apparently forced naked Iraqi detainees to simulate sodomy and oral sex.

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