The Mail on Sunday

HOW THE MoD HUNG SGT MACLACHLAN OUT TO DRY... LIKE SGT BLACKMAN BEFORE HIM

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‘…you should be aware that an early version of the manuscript you submitted contained contentiou­s material (pages 111-114) that is now subject to a police inquiry.’ How the devastatin­g news was casually mentioned in an email from the MoD after it vetted his new book, left

THE first Sergeant Colin Maclachlan knew that he could face a murder charge was via an email from the MoD last week, after he revealed details of the mercy killings in a book.

He has been offered no help by the SAS or the MoD. His plight is similar to that of Royal Marine Alexander Blackman, who was also pursued by the MoD after killing a wounded Taliban fighter in Afghanista­n, and subsequent­ly jailed.

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JAILED: Marine Alexander Blackman

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