More UK soldiers face charges for killing or abusing civilians

British soldiers are facing prosecution in 12 cases where Iraqi civilians are alleged to have been illegally killed or assaulted - a significant jump in the previously disclosed figure.

Defence ministers have revealed that the Army Prosecuting Authority is studying dossiers in nine cases where troops allegedly shot or mistreated Iraqis. The APA - the military equivalent of the Crown Prosecution Service - has already sent two cases for courts martial and a third is being investigated by the Metropolitan police.

The new batch of cases involves at least four deaths - including that of the Basra hotel receptionist Baha Mousa while he was being held in custody by the Queen's Lancashire Regiment. Details of the case were first revealed by The Independent on Sunday.
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The new cases led to fresh demands from the Liberal Democrats for an independent inquiry into alleged misbehaviour by British soldiers, after the armed forces minister, Adam Ingram, said the number of cases being investigated had jumped to 79. They include 37 civilian deaths, seven of them in custody.

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