Iraq war: Abuse claims against soldiers close with no prosecutions

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All remaining investigations into allegations of abuse by British soldiers during Iraq war finish without any prosecutions

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All remaining investigations into allegations of abuse by British soldiers in Iraq have now finished without any prosecutions being brought.

The SPLI's job was to investigate Iraqi civilians' claims of serious criminal behaviour by UK armed forces.The SPLI was made up of Royal Navy Police and Royal Air Force Police. The investigations related to the alleged behaviour of UK armed forces in Iraq during the war from 2003 to 2009.to the House of Commons on Tuesday, Mr Wallace said that although 178 allegations had been formally pursued through 55 separate investigations, no soldiers had been prosecuted as a result of the SPLI's work.

"However not all allegations and claims were spurious, otherwise investigations would not have proceeded beyond initial examination and no claims for compensation would have been paid.

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Pity. The lawyers, solicitors, judges etc will simply have to find some other vexacious, money-grubbing tax-payer funded sinecure to pay them £1000 per day.

Good👍🏼

No one should get away with war crimes. Britain prides itself of respecting and upholding international law and also moral conduct. This whitewash is an ugly stain on the U.K. honour and our armed forces honour. Shame.

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