Ordeal that put his life on hold for three years
SEPTEMBER 15, 2011
Sergeant Alexander Blackman shoots dead a fatally injured Taliban fighter during ‘hellish’ six-month tour of Helmand in Afghanistan
DECEMBER 7, 2013
The Daily Mail reports how the commando, named only as Marine A at his trial, was jailed for life for murder
SEPTEMBER 11, 2015
We uncover crucial evidence that was ‘deliberately withheld’ from court martial.
SEPTEMBER 11, 2015
Sgt Blackman tells the Mail one mistake under extreme stress made him the fall guy
SEPTEMBER 12, 2015
The Ministry of Defence is accused of cover-ups, including trying to censor an internal report casting doubt on the conviction
SEPTEMBER 17, 2015
The report is leaked to the Mail and reveals commanders failed to notice ‘psychological strain and fatigue’
OCTOBER 5, 2015
In less than a month, 30,000 Mail readers raise £7 0,000 to fund a team of lawyers and pursue a new appeal
OCTOBER 28, 2015
Commandos past and present rally in Parliament Square. An emotional Claire Blackman, who called the protest ‘phenomenal’
DECEMBER 12, 2015
We expose a leaked document that reveals the determination of senior officers to block efforts to overturn the conviction
DECEMBER 16, 2015
Accompanied by 00 green beretwearing supporters, Claire Blackman delivers dossier to the Criminal Cases Review Commission
SEPTEMBER 19, 2016
A year after campaign launch, we reveal bureaucratic delays to fight for justice
DECEMBER 6, 2016
Fresh appeal is granted at last and CCRC says ‘real possibility’ conviction will be quashed
FEBRUARY 9, 2017
At appeal, prosecutors accept Marine was ‘unequivocally’ suffering mental disorder
MARCH 15, 2017
Murder conviction is finally overturned and sentence later cut to seven years Out of jail.. and he’s reunited with his determined wife Claire
APRIL 28, 2017