Well the conviction has now been quashed and a retrial will take place but more details have been released...
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An SAS sniper who was jailed for illegal weapon possession said he was "elated" tonight after his conviction was quashed because a military judge improperly pressured him into pleading guilty.
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The soldier's appeal centred on remarks - delivered in legal terminology and references to a previous case - made by the military judge during legal argument ahead of a trial that had been due to take place last November.
William Clegg QC, for Nightingale, said: "On the proper analysis, what the assistant judge advocate was saying here was 'unless you plead guilty, you will receive a sentence of five years'.
"This is a message that should never have come from the bench."
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