Marine found guilty of murder

A United States Marine squad leader who told his men "We just got away with murder" after they kidnapped and killed an Iraqi grandfather in Iraq last year was found guilty yesterday of murder and other charges.

Witnesses said Sergeant Lawrence Hutchins III led the unit in planning to kidnap and kill a terror suspect but when they could not find the suspect instead executed Hashim Ibrahim Awad, 52, a grandfather of four who lived next door.

After Hutchins shot the man in the head, the squad set an AK-47 and shovel next to the corpse to suggest he was an insurgent.