Joe Glenton, sentenced for nine months for refusing to kill
Joe Glenton, British soldier who refused to stay in Afghanistan, was sentenced by the martial court to nine months imprisonment.
Glenton joined the army at the age of 22, in 2004. According to his defence counsel, Nick Wrack, Glenton was persuaded that the military was helping the local population in Afghanistan. The reality of the conflict soon undermined this belief. After his base in Helmand province had come uder rocket attack, Glenton developed a post-traumatic stress disorder.
