Agreed. from the original story back in november:
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Sgt Nightingale's lawyers are appealing against the military detention sentence given to him after West Mercia Police found the pistol in his Hereford accommodation.
The case was then referred to the military police and he pleaded guilty at the court martial.
The transcripts showed that Sgt Nightingale had 122 live rounds of 9mm ammunition, 40 live rounds of 7.62 ammunition, 50 frangible rounds of 9mm ammunition, 50 live rounds of armour piecing ammunition, two live rounds of .308 ammunition and 74 live rounds of 5.56 ammunition in "a plastic box under the bed".
The pistol was found found in a wardrobe in a black case, according to the transcripts.
His lawyers and family said the 9mm Glock pistol, which was given to him as a gift by Iraqi soldiers he had been helping to train in 2009, was packed by colleagues for him after he had to leave Iraq quickly to help organise the funerals of two colleagues.
They said he later suffered brain damage during the year in which he had to wait to have his belongings returned and was unable to remember that the pistol was still among them.
They said he pleaded guilty to the charge after being warned by the judge in the case he could face five years' detention if found guilty in a trial.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...ester-20323762
Again, not saying the sentence is correct. I am not familiar with the law he was charged under.