Crooked human rights lawyer who made false allegations about British soldiers walks free

A crooked human rights lawyer who made false torture and murder allegations against Iraq War veterans so he could pocket £3m in legal aid has avoided jail because he is already a ruined man. Philip Shiner, 67, admitted three charges of fraud dating back to 2007 following a five-year investigation by the National Crime Agency. He brought thousands of criminal complaints to the Iraq Historic Investigations Team (Ihat), a body set up by the Ministry of Defence to investigate soldiers….