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divdiv class=story-body readability=49 span class=story-date#13; span class=date8 November 2013/span#13;span class=time-textLast updated at /spanspan class=time09:44 ET/span#13; #13;/span#13;#13; #13;#13;#13; #13; #13; #13; #13; p class=introduction id=story_continues_1A Royal Marine has been found guilty by a military court of murdering an injured Afghan insurgent in 2011. /p#13; pTwo other marines were acquitted at the Military Court Centre in Wiltshire. /p#13; pThe three - Marines A, B and C - had denied murdering the unknown man while on patrol in Helmand province in 2011./p#13; pMarine A was convicted after the prosecution said he had shot the man at close range, in what was effectively an execution. He faces a mandatory life sentence and was taken into custody./p#13; pIt is the first time British forces have faced a murder charge in relation to the conflict in Afghanistan, said BBC defence correspondent Caroline Wyatt. /p#13; pBBC reporters in court said there were tears from the marines' families as the verdicts were read. Marines B and C are now free to return to service, the judge said./p#13; pMarine B inadvertently filmed the incident, which happened on 15 September 2011, on his helmet-mounted camera and the footage was shown to the court during the two-week trial./p#13; span class=cross-head'9mm pistol'/span#13; pIt showed Marine A shooting the Afghan prisoner with a 9mm pistol, and saying: There you are. Shuffle off this mortal coil... It's nothing you wouldn't do to us./p#13; pHe added: Obviously this doesn't go anywhere fellas. I just broke the Geneva Convention./p#13; pOn Thursday, a recording of the conversation between the marines as the Afghan insurgent was shot was released by the judge. /p#13; !-- Embedding the video player --#13;!-- This is the embedded player component --#13;#13;#13; #13; #13;#13;#13;#13;!-- wwrights check --#13;!-- Empty country is used on test environment --#13;#13;#13;#13;div class=videoInStoryC readability=2#13; div id=emp-24852396-23633 class=emp#13; #13; #13; noscript#13; div class=warning readability=1#13; img class=holding src=http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/70968000/jpg/_70968744_70968743.jpg alt=Royal Marine in silhouette/pstrongPlease turn on JavaScript./strong Media requires JavaScript to play./p#13; /div#13; /noscript#13; #13; !-- embedding script --#13; #13; /div#13; !-- companion banner -- #13; #13; #13; #13; !-- END - companion banner --!-- caption --p class=captionExtract from helmet camera recording of incident in Helmand, Afghanistan/p#13; !-- END - caption --#13; #13; #13;#13;/div#13;!-- end of the embedded player component --#13;#13;!-- Player embedded -- pHe had previously rejected an application by the media to release the footage, saying it could be used as propaganda./p#13; pDuring the court martial, prosecutor David Perry told the court: It was not a killing in the heat and exercise of any armed conflict. The prosecution case is that it amounted to an execution, a field execution./p#13; pMarine A was convicted by a seven-strong board, consisting of officers and non-commissioned officers. /p#13; pAt the time of the killing, he was an experienced sergeant, while Marine C was the most junior of the three. Marine B was new to the Helmand base where marines A and C were based./p#13; pJudge Advocate General Jeff Blackett said: Marine A, this court has found you guilty of murder. The mandatory sentence prescribed by law is imprisonment for life./p#13; pThis court now has to determine the minimum term you will serve before you are eligible for release./p#13; pTo help us do that, I am going to order that a report be prepared. I am adjourning this case until a later date./p#13; pIn the meantime, I direct that you are to be taken into custody./p#13; pAddressing the other two defendants, the judge added: Marine B and Marine C, you have been found not guilty of murder and you are now free to return to your normal place of duties./p#13; pThe issue of anonymity will be decided at a later date./p#13; span class=cross-headUnder attack/span#13; pThe murder took place after a patrol base in Helmand Province came under attack from small arms fire from two insurgents./p#13; p id=story_continues_2The Afghan prisoner was seriously injured by gunfire fired from an Apache helicopter sent to provide air support, and the marines found him in a field./p#13; pRoyal Military Police arrested the three marines in October 2012 after video footage was found on a serviceman's laptop by civilian police in the UK./p#13; pThey first appeared at the Military Court Centre in Bulford in August, where they pleaded not guilty to murdering the Afghan national contrary to section 42 of the a href=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/52/pdfs/ukpga_20060052_en.pdfArmed Forces Act 2006./a/p#13; pTwo further marines - D and E - had the charges against them dropped in February. An anonymity order granted last year to protect the five men from reprisals remains in place./p#13; pMarine A, who was on bail during the trial, will be sentenced at a later date./p#13; /div/divbrbrcentera href=http://www.wizardrss.comPowered By WizardRSS.com/a | a href=http://www.wizardrss.comFull Text RSS Feed/a | a href=http://www.amazon.com/RFID-Blocking-Cards-Identity-Protector/dp/B00CJHZLEWRFID/a | a href=http://www.wpzonbuilder.comAmazon Affiliate/a/center