Donald Payne (British Army soldier)

Corporal Donald Payne (born 9 September 1970)[1] is a war criminal and former soldier of the Queen's Lancashire Regiment and later the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment of the British Army who became the first member of the British armed forces to be convicted of a war crime under the provisions of the International Criminal Court Act 2001 when he pleaded guilty on 19 September 2006 to a charge of inhumane treatment.[2][3] He was jailed for one year and dismissed from the Army.[4]

  1. ^ "Parliamentary publication (Hearing Transcript)" (PDF). publications.parliament.uk. 30 April 2007. Retrieved 15 July 2009.
  2. ^ Charge sheet for trial by court-marshal. The Queen v. Donald Payne ..., www.publications.parliament.uk, July 2005
  3. ^ "British soldier admits war crime". BBC News. 19 September 2006. Retrieved 23 September 2006.
  4. ^ "UK soldier jailed over Iraq abuse". BBC News. 30 April 2007. Retrieved 30 April 2007.