Recommendation 8

There should not be different classes of defendant or different classes of victim. We are concerned at the introduction, into the domestic laws of the United Kingdom, of a special category of defendant (i.e. members of the Armed Forces) whose victims are seemingly less deserving of justice and who are granted greater impunity for their crimes. We note that a prosecution may only be brought where there is sufficient evidence and where it is in the public interest. We do not understand why cases should not be brought against this category of defendant (i.e. members of the Armed Forces) where there is sufficient evidence of a crime having been committed by the defendant and where it is in the public interest to prosecute.