HC Deb 14 December 1998 vol 322 cc325-6W
Mr. Cox

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if the British soldiers convicted of causing the death of the Danish tour guide in Cyprus have been dismissed from the Army; and if he will make a statement. [63264]

Mr. Doug Henderson

The three soldiers convicted of causing the death of the Danish Tour Guide in Cyprus were discharged on 22 April 1996 under paragraph 9.404 of Queen's Regulations for the Army for misconduct, having been sentenced by a Cypriot civilian court to imprisonment.