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                Marine A 'hopes to be home for Christmas'
The wife of a former Royal Marine jailed for the murder of a Taliban fighter has told the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ she hopes he will be home for Christmas.
Sergeant Alexander Blackman, known as Marine A, is serving a life sentence for murdering a wounded Afghan in 2011. 
Blackman will find out later if he will be allowed home on bail while he waits for an appeal into his case.
His wife Claire told the programme he was coping well due to his military training.
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