Sir Charles seems to have got his teeth into this and without question there can be no impunity in respect of any wrongdoing which our armed forces- whatever the circumstances- may have committed. “ Be you never so high [or in this instance authorised in strictly prescribed circumstances to mete out violence], the law is above you.” [ Dr. Thomas Fuller (1700s)]. I appreciate that my observations are a little off the point but all the same I thought it worth saying.
Sir Charles seems to have got his teeth into this and without question there can be no impunity in respect of any wrongdoing which our armed forces- whatever the circumstances- may have committed. “ Be you never so high [or in this instance authorised in strictly prescribed circumstances to mete out violence], the law is above you.” [ Dr. Thomas Fuller (1700s)]. I appreciate that my observations are a little off the point but all the same I thought it worth saying.