A number of British servicemen have been charged with war crimes.

The charges follow two separate incidents involving mistreatment of Iraqi detainees.

The first case involves three members of the Queen's Lancashire Regiment (QLR), which was formerly based at Catterick, North Yorkshire.

One of those -Corporal Donald Payne -faces a manslaughter charge over the death of hotel receptionist Baha Da'oud Salim Musa. Cpl Payne, 34, is also charged with inhumane treatment and perverting the course of justice.

Two other members of the regiment - Lance Corporal Wayne Crowcroft, 21, and Private Darren Fallon, 22 - have been charged with inhumanely treating internees.

The three servicemen will face court martial in the UK rather than being tried by the International Criminal Court.

A fourth regiment member, Sergeant Kelvin Stacey, 28, is charged with assaulting a detainee, while Colonel Jorge Mendonca, 41, who was commanding officer of the QLR and a holder of the Distinguished Service Order, and Warrant Officer Mark Davies, 36, and Major Michael Peebles, 34, both of the Intelligence Corps, are charged with negligence of duty.

Four more servicemen are charged with the manslaughter of Ahmed Kareem, who was allegedly forced into a river and drowned.

Three of those charged with the unlawful killing of Mr Kareem are Sergeant Carle Selman, 38, of the Scots Guards, Guardsman Martin McGing, 21, and Guardsman Joseph McCleary, 23, both of the Irish Guards. Another 21-year-old Lance Corporal with the Irish Guards has yet to be named.

The QLR was at the centre of a row after the Daily Mirror printed photographs, later discredited, purporting to show its soldiers abusing Iraqis.