"Marine A was convicted by a court martial board this month of the cold-blooded murder of the suspected insurgent during a patrol in Helmand.
Throughout the trial Marine A, together with two other servicemen, Marines B and C, who were cleared of the offence, were given anonymity after the court ruled they would be targeted by terrorist groups and "lone wolves" if they were named.
But just before the end of the case the judge advocate general, Jeff Blackett, ruled that Marine A and other marines who were on the patrol should be identified because he no longer accepted the argument that there was "real and immediate risk" to their lives. However, he gave them the option of taking their case to the court martial appeal court."
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