An absolute disgrace

[KeithD]

So he illegally held the weapon in Afghanistan while on duty? That's an offence in the military and probably why he was done. I doubt many on here have even been in the military let alone know the laws. You are not allowed to have a weapon of any kind that has not been issued to you. You can pick up a weapon and use it in a fire fight, but you are not allowed to put it with your personal belongings as that is an offence, for obvious reasons.

[Dedworth]

So he illegally held the weapon in Afghanistan while on duty? That's an offence in the military and probably why he was done. I doubt many on here have even been in the military let alone know the laws. You are not allowed to have a weapon of any kind that has not been issued to you. You can pick up a weapon and use it in a fire fight, but you are not allowed to put it with your personal belongings as that is an offence, for obvious reasons.

The gun was discovered by West Mercia Police when they searched his mates house


In May 2011, both men were sent on a six month tour to Afghanistan. A few weeks after they left, his colleague’s wife complained to the police that she was a victim of domestic violence and that her husband had ammunition in his house.

The complaint resulted in a raid on the house in which civilian police searched not just his colleague’s possessions, but Sgt Nightingale’s, and found the Glock pistol. It was in the box in which Sgt Nightingale had locked it in 2007.

Both men were sent back to Britain and Sgt Nightingale was questioned by West Mercia Police, who did not press charges.

Instead the police decided it was a matter for the military, and the case was passed to the Royal Military Police and both men who were charged with firearms offences.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/9669...says-wife.html