Lee Clegg to serve in Afghanistan

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Lee Clegg to serve in Afghanistan 
 
Sergeant Clegg shot two teenagers in Belfast in 1990
A paratrooper who was cleared of the murders of two teenagers in Belfast in 1990 is to serve in Afghanistan.
It will be the first time Lee Clegg has been sent to a combat zone since his release from jail in 1995.

Sergeant Clegg was a private in the regiment when he fired at a stolen car which drove through an Army checkpoint on the Glen Road in 1990.

Martin Peake, 17, who was driving the car, and Karen Reilly, 18, were killed in the incident.


Sgt Clegg, who is originally from Bradford, said he opened fire because he feared a terrorist attack.

But, the soldier was accused of using excessive force and firing a fourth shot into the back of the car when it was no longer a danger to him or his colleagues.

He was consequently convicted of murder and jailed for life in 1993.

He was freed on licence two years later and cleared of the charges following a retrial in 1999.

The wounding conviction was quashed in January 2000.
SourceBBC.



 

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Shows the dangers of PTSD. Poor guy.