Soldier jailed for refusing to go back to Afghanistan is freed

British soldier Joe Glenton has been released after serving a prison term for refusing to return to Afghanistan.

 

A soldier who was jailed after refusing to return to Afghanistan because he opposed the war was released from prison yesterday. Joe Glenton, from York, fled to Asia in mid-2007, before he was due to start a second tour.

He stayed abroad for two years before returning to speak at Stop the War rallies. Glenton also wrote to Gordon Brown to denounce the conflict. In March he was jailed for nine months after admitting going absent without leave.

After his release he said his stint in prison had been worth it: "It was difficult to be away from family but I knew it was for the right reasons and I would do it again - and again after that," he said."

Guardian