MPs are to debate the fate of a Royal Marine who was jailed after shooting dead an injured insurgent fighter in Afghanistan.
Sergeant Alexander Blackman, who was originally known as Marine A, was convicted of murder by a court martial in November 2013.
The insurgent had earlier been injured in an attack by an Apache helicopter.
Sgt Blackman shot his victim in the chest at close range before saying the line adapted from Shakespeare: "There you are. Shuffle off this mortal coil, you ****. It's nothing you wouldn't do to us."
He then turned to two comrades who were with him at the time and said: "Obviously this doesn't go anywhere, fellas. I just broke the Geneva Convention."
He was convicted partially on the basis of a recording of the event obtained from a helmet camera carried by one of his fellow marines.
The killing happened in 2011 in Helmand province while Blackman was serving with 42 Commando, which is normally based in Plymouth.
A government e-petition calling for Sgt Blackman's immediate release and the quashing of his conviction has now obtained more than 107,000 signatures - beyond the 100,000 required to prompt consideration for a parliamentary debate.
Conservative Oliver Colvile, MP for Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport, has secured the three-hour general debate on the basis that the sergeant "defended his country from a terrorist".
Parliamentary time has been reserved for 26 January by the Backbench Business Committee.
At the point when the e-petition passed 10,000 signatures, the Service Prosecuting Authority released a statement saying: "After a public trial in front of a Court Martial, at which he was legally represented, Marine A was found guilty of murder, and two other Royal Marines were found not guilty of the offence.
"The identity of the victim does not change that verdict.
"It would be inappropriate for the Government to intervene in this independent judicial process."
During his trial, Sgt Blackman denied murder, saying he believed the victim was already dead and he was taking out his anger on a corpse.
He was given a life sentence with a minimum of 10 years by a court martial in Bulford, Wiltshire, and "dismissed with disgrace" from the Royal Marines after serving with distinction for 15 years
An attempt to get his conviction overturned at the Court Martial Appeal Court failed although his minimum term was cut to eight years because of the combat stress disorder he was suffering at the time.
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