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http://you.38degrees.org.uk/p/danny-nightingale

Just received an email from Sally Nightingale, Danny Nightingale's wife asking for a few more signatures to the petition that she will be handing in to the Court on Thursday when the appeal for Danny's release is heard.
The crucial issue is whether keeping Danny in jail is in the publics interest so a petition signed by many thousands of people will be vital.

Already 70,000 have signed the petition but Sally and 38degrees are hoping for 100,000.

For anyone who maynot know who Danny Nightingale is then this is a brief background of what happened leading to his being imprisoned for 18 months for having a pistol in his possession.

It was only because of a string of tragedies that the pistol ended up in Danny’s house at all. He was given it as a gift from some Iraqi troops he had been training and planned to donate it to his regiment as a war trophy. But before he could, he was suddenly called back to the UK to arrange the funerals of two of his closest friends.

Shortly after, Danny suffered severe memory damage after collapsing and falling into a coma while taking part in a charity fundraising trek.

His colleagues shipped his army kit, including the pistol, back to the UK in locked boxes which remained unopened and forgotten at Danny’s house for another three years. It was only after police searched his house following a complaint against his housemate that the pistol was found and he was charged with illegal possession of a weapon.

Expert witnesses at Danny’s trial said that he “probably had no recollection that he had the gun” because of his memory loss. But their testimony was ignored - and now Danny is behind bars and his wife and children face being evicted from their home.

Thank you for taking time to read this.

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Signed!

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Thanks Mick, I do hope that this guy gets some justice and comes home to his wife. His pay has been stopped so his wife and children are suffering more than just the loss of him.

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I've signed too Cate, I've been a member of 38degrees for a while, they do a lot of valuable work...

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Indeed they do plantman, they bring issues to the fore that might be missed. I have given up reading newspapers as I rarely know who they are talking about. I watch the news on TV sometimes but again I don't always feel that what they talk about is relevant to me.

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Signed Cate.

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Signed this petition some time ago Cate darlin'.

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Thank you for sharing that and I sincerely hope he is released. It is ridiculous to think one of our heroes has been treated like a common criminal, when common criminals go free and get paid for it into the bargain.

I signed it and shared it on Facebook.

Please do keep updates coming.

Take care x

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You really are a lovely lot !!!!!!!! I have also posted on Facebook and lets hope the signing continues everywhere and on Thursday, Danny Nightingale can go home with his family.

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When I posted this thread this afternoon 70,000 people had signed now it is 85,000 . Can't see to write anymore eyes all blurry