HC Deb 26 November 1996 vol 286 cc199-200W
Mr. Cox

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the case of the three British service men convicted in Cyprus of the manslaughter of a Danish tour guide. [5504]

Mr. Soames

The three British service men were tried and convicted in March this year by the Cypriot authorities for the abduction and manslaughter of Miss Jensen. The soldiers were sentenced to life imprisonment and subsequently discharged from the Army as a result of their conviction.