A Royal Marine has been found guilty of murdering a wounded Afghan insurgent fighter.
Two other Marines who were involved in the same court martial in Bulford, Wiltshire, and faced the same charge were acquitted.
The guilty serviceman, known only as Marine A, was found to have taken the life of the insurgent in Helmand Province more than two years ago.
The two others were known as Marines B and C. All will remain anonymous until the court martial or a judge decides otherwise.
All had denied murdering the unknown captured Afghan national on or about September 15, 2011, contrary to Section 42 of the Armed Forces Act 2006.
But a seven-strong board, consisting of officers and non-commissioned officers, convicted one of the defendants following a two-week trial.
Marine A shot the Afghan national in the chest at close range with a 9mm pistol before quoting a phrase from Shakespeare as the man convulsed and died in front of him.
"There you are. Shuffle off this mortal coil, you ****. It's nothing you wouldn't do to us," Marine A told the insurgent.
He then turned to comrades and said: "Obviously this doesn't go anywhere, fellas. I just broke the Geneva Convention."
The execution came to light as it was filmed by a camera mounted on the helmet of Marine B.
Judge Advocate General Jeff Blackett ruled that the graphic video footage cannot be released, but agreed that the audio can be made public.
Marines B and C were alleged to have been "party to the killing" and "encouraged and assisted" Marine A in committing the murder but they were cleared.
The court martial heard on Thursday the insurgent had been shot at by an Apache attack helicopter with 139 30mm anti-tank rounds but was still alive - albeit seriously injured - when discovered by the patrol.
The footage, which was shown to the court, shows Marine A walking forward, bending down, and shooting the man at close range in the centre of his chest with a 9mm pistol.
Giving evidence to the court martial, Marine A insisted he believed the insurgent was dead at the time and he was simply shooting into a corpse in anger.
Also released were excerpts from a diary kept by Marine C, including one extract that relates to the moments of the shooting.
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