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SQUADDIES SOLD AMMO TO ROBBERS

ABOVE: Sergeant Garry Graham, 37
ABOVE: Martyn Fitzsimmons got 12 years
ABOVE: Campbell, who turned against the other two, got four years
28th October 2008

By Kevin O'Sullivan

A JUDGE yesterday demanded an urgent inquiry by the Army as he jailed three soldiers for arming crooks with guns and explosives.


Sergeant Garry Graham, 37,  and Lance Corporal Martyn Fitzsimmons, 28, were given 12 years after being found guilty.

Sergeant Kieran Campbell, 27, who admitted the charges and gave evidence against them, got four years.

The three had been charged with having explosives and handling.

The men, who served with the 5th Battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland, based in Canterbury, Kent, transported weapons to some of Glasgow?s most dangerous drugs gangs, Maidstone Crown Court had been told.

Mr Justice Sir Robert Akenhead said: ?The Army needs to conduct an urgent inquiry as to how this could have happened.?

He added: ?These three serving soldiers have dishonoured their battalion, their regiment, the Army and their country.?

The trio, from Glasgow, were tracked down after a suitcase filled with Army ammunition, pyrotechnics, smoke grenades and parachute flares was found during a drugs bust.

Arms including seven sticks of plastic explosives and 96 detonators were found in Graham?s locker.

The judge said: ?There can be no doubt this conspiracy went wider.?

All three had distinguished records including service in Iraq, the court heard.

Campbell and his family are in a protection programme after he turned against the other two.



	
 
 
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