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SAS sniper Danny Nightingale to face retrial SAS sniper Danny Nightingale to face retrial
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An SAS sniper who was charged with illegally possessing a pistol and ammunition is to face a retrial.An SAS sniper who was charged with illegally possessing a pistol and ammunition is to face a retrial.
Sgt Danny Nightingale, from Crewe, had denied illegally possessing a 9mm Glock pistol and ammunition at his court martial in November.Sgt Danny Nightingale, from Crewe, had denied illegally possessing a 9mm Glock pistol and ammunition at his court martial in November.
His military detention sentence was overturned at the Court of Appeal in March.His military detention sentence was overturned at the Court of Appeal in March.
A judge ordered the retrial at a hearing at the Military Court Centre in Bulford, Wiltshire.A judge ordered the retrial at a hearing at the Military Court Centre in Bulford, Wiltshire.
At a preparatory hearing to discuss the future of the case, Judge Advocate Jeff Blackett said there was no abuse of process relating to the content of emails apparently leaked by a Ministry of Defence source, which were referred to for the first time at the hearing at Bulford Military Court Centre in Wiltshire.
Counsel for Sgt Nightingale, Simon McKay, said the emails appeared to show the Director of Service Prosecutions consulting the military "chain of command" - the Adjutant General's office - on whether or not to pursue the case against the soldier.
Judge Blackett said he was satisfied a retrial was in the public interest.
The pistol and more than 300 rounds of ammunition were found by West Mercia Police at Sgt Nightingale's Hereford accommodation.