By David Bowden, Defence Correspondent
The former housemate of the SAS sniper Danny Nightingale has been giving evidence at his court martial.
The man, also an ex-Special Forces soldier, known only as N, described himself as Sergeant Nightingale's best friend and had known him for 12 or 13 years, before they were both selected for the SAS.
N pleaded guilty to four charges of illegal possession of weapons and ammunition at an earlier hearing and was sent to military prison.
He shared the house with Nightingale when it was searched by police in September 2011 and they discovered hundreds of rounds of ammunition and a number of firearms some of which the prosecution claim belonged to Sergeant Nightingale.
He denies charges of illegally possessing a 9mm Glock pistol and more than 300 rounds of ammunition.
Soldier N described how he and Nightingale were serving together in Afghanistan when N was told their house was being searched by police.
N told the court martial that he admitted he had a gun and ammunition at the house and knew it was serious.
He said that Nightingale was elsewhere in Afghanistan, but was called to the main base.
N said he did not know why Danny Nightingale had been brought in.
"I said: 'Look mate, I don't know what's going on. I've admitted the items found in the house and I'm, for want of a better word buggered, I don't understand why you are here'."
He then told the Court Martial that Nightingale had replied: "I've got the same, mate."
N continued: "He mentioned a Glock pistol and I said 'No, no that's mine.' He said he had one too."
N said that he assumed that Danny had kept ammunition at the house because they were both firing range instructors and that he thought Danny would also assume he kept ammunition at their house, even though they knew it was against regulations.
N said their house was closer to the range than the SAS camp, so out of laziness they kept ammunition to use on the ranges.
He described Nightingale, who was his deputy for a while, as a very good soldier.
"Danny is a very diligent individual, a good soldier and as a 2IC (Second in Command) I couldn't ask for anything more."
N recounted the time he first saw Danny Nightingale after he suffered a brain injury following an endurance race in the Brazilian jungle.
N told the Court: "There was a marked change in him, he was a lot more agitated, hyper, using incorrect words for things."
Nightingale would say he was going to put the saucepan on instead of the kettle to make a drink.
"He'd lost a lot of weight, quite pale, he just didn't look well."
N told the hearing he had a call from Danny Nightingale when he (Nightingale) was in military detention asking him about when the two men moved in to their shared house.
Nightingale wanted to know whether N had helped him carry in his green boxes.
"He said it would help me greatly if you remembered helping me move the boxes."
N said he had not helped his best friend move the boxes in.
N was later asked whether when he shared accommodation with Nightingale he had ever interfered with his housemate's kit.
He replied: "His kit is his kit. As a soldier you don't go rummaging through your fellow soldier's kit. It's not the done thing."
The case is continuing.
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