英伦广角 2013-04-06 SAS狙击手丹尼·南丁格尔非法持枪案被推翻

 Less than 3 weeks after his conviction for having an illegal weapon and ammunition¹ was quashed by the appeal court, SAS sergeant² Danny Nightingale now knows he will have to face a new military trial for the same offenses³.

The service prosecution⁴ authority has confirmed it's pressing ahead with the legal proceedings⁵. Danny has been forbidden by his army bosses from speaking to the media, but his wife says the family was convinced the case would be dropped.

I think when we start to get our hopes, they wouldn't actually go ahead with the retrial, so in fact they have decided⁶ now to push along with the retrial. It's come with a little bit of shock.

Danny Nightingale goes into his new trial knowing that army doctors have now declared him unfit for active service following a brain injury 4 years ago, so whatever the outcome of the legal case, sergeant Nightingale's military career appears to be over.

He has been giving a mental health team, he has been giving a brain injury team, they're all looking and helping⁷ not just Danny but also his family to deal with, his brain injury not happens on a day to day bases, but the fact that this is leading to a medical discharge, it's really sad for Danny to accept you know that would be the end of his career in the army.

The SAS sniper's lawyer says he is confident he will clear Danny Nightingale's name.

Prosecution here is going to have to prove that sergeant Nightingale had knowledge that he was in possession of the firearm and his defence is that he's suffering from a permanent brain injury that resulted in him completely forgotten he was in possession that essentially⁸ would be the issue before the court martial⁹.

When Danny Nightingale's legal journey does come to an end, whatever the verdict, he knows he'll no longer be in the army, but assumes to be ex-special force soldier, there are already plenty of job offers.

1 ammunition   

n.军火，弹药

参考例句：

• A few of the jeeps had run out of ammunition.几辆吉普车上的弹药已经用光了。
• They have expended all their ammunition.他们把弹药用光。

2 sergeant   

n.警官，中士

参考例句：

• His elder brother is a sergeant.他哥哥是个警官。
• How many stripes are there on the sleeve of a sergeant?陆军中士的袖子上有多少条纹？

3 offenses   

n.进攻( offense的名词复数 )；（球队的）前锋；进攻方法；攻势

参考例句：

• It's wrong of you to take the child to task for such trifling offenses. 因这类小毛病责备那孩子是你的不对。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Thus, Congress cannot remove an executive official except for impeachable offenses. 因此，除非有可弹劾的行为，否则国会不能罢免行政官员。 来自英汉非文学 - 行政法

4 prosecution   

n.起诉，告发，检举，执行，经营

参考例句：

• The Smiths brought a prosecution against the organizers.史密斯家对组织者们提出起诉。
• He attempts to rebut the assertion made by the prosecution witness.他试图反驳原告方证人所作的断言。

5 proceedings   

n.进程，过程，议程；诉讼(程序)；公报

参考例句：

• He was released on bail pending committal proceedings. 他交保获释正在候审。
• to initiate legal proceedings against sb 对某人提起诉讼

6 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

7 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

8 essentially   

adv.本质上，实质上，基本上

参考例句：

• Really great men are essentially modest.真正的伟人大都很谦虚。
• She is an essentially selfish person.她本质上是个自私自利的人。

9 martial   

adj.战争的，军事的，尚武的，威武的

参考例句：

• The sound of martial music is always inspiring.军乐声总是鼓舞人心的。
• The officer was convicted of desertion at a court martial.这名军官在军事法庭上被判犯了擅离职守罪。