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US sergeant convicted of executing Iraqi prisoner
 
 
 
 
 
 
 AFP - Tuesday, March 31
VILSECK, Germany (AFP) - - A US sergeant was on Monday convicted of murdering a prisoner in Iraq in 2007 at a court martial in Germany.
    
Sergeant First Class Joseph P. Mayo is one of seven soldiers accused of shooting dead four bound and blindfolded Iraqi prisoners and dumping their bodies in a Baghdad canal.
Earlier on Monday, Mayo pleaded guilty to murder and conspiracy to murder.
Asked by the judge at his trial in Germany whether he thought he had the authority to shoot the prisoner, Mayo said: "I thought it was in the best interests of my soldiers."
Media reports said Mayo and the others had shot the prisoners in the back of the head after an attack on a US patrol which killed two soldiers.
Mayo, who is one of three non-commissioned officers to be tried for murder, told the court that two sniper rifles were found in the building where the four men were arrested, plus AK-47 assault rifles and a duffel bag full of ammunition.
He has been charged with premeditated murder, conspiracy to commit premeditated murder, and obstruction of justice, according to an army statement.
Master Sergeant John E. Hatley has also been accused of participating in the alleged executions and is to stand trial at barracks near this small town on April 13, an army statement said last week.
Co-defendant Sergeant Michael P. Leahy, an army medic, has pleaded guilty and was sentenced in February to life in prison with the possibility of parole.
Hatley also faces similar charges "stemming from a separate incident that occurred in early January 2007," the army said.
All the soldiers were with the 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade of the 1st Infantry Division in Iraq, which is now part of the 172nd Infantry Brigade based in Germany.
 
 
 
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