Royal Marines Acquitted

11th March 2010

Four Royal Marines were each acquitted of murder and manslaughter in the Crown Court at Winchester on the 18th February following a five week trial. The Offence was alleged to have been committed in a fight in a bar in Portsmouth in May 2009 and the trial concerned unusual medical evidence and issues of causation.

Two of  the Defendants were represented by Nigel Lickley QC, Nicholas Rowland and Christopher Parker QC.