British Soldiers Posed For Pictures With Afghan Policemen Minutes Before They Killed Them

Turncoats: The two rogue Afghan policemen suspected of shooting dead British soldiers Lance Corporal Lee Davies, 1st Battalion Welsh Guards, and Corporal Brent McCarthy, an RAF policeman, in Afghanistan last year

Rogue Afghan Policemen With AK47s Pose For Pictures Taken By British Soldiers Just Minutes Before They Killed Them In Cold Blood -- Daily Mail

* Soldiers killed were part of British patrol advising and training local forces

Two rogue Afghan policemen brazenly posed for pictures with British soldiers minutes before shooting them dead, an inquest heard today.

Corporal Brent McCarthy, 25, and Lance Corporal Lee Davies, 27, were killed at an Afghan police base in Lashkar Gah, Helmand province, on May 12 last year.

The soldiers killed in the attack had been part of an eight-man British Army patrol, with an interpreter, advising and training local forces.

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My Comment: Having the last picture taken of a loved one is something that most families would treasure .... but I suspect that for the families of Corporal Brent McCarthy and Lance Corporal Lee Davies, this is not a memory that they will not want.