England’s boyfriend was Abu Ghraib ‘ringleader’

A US ARMY investigator yesterday told a hearing for Private Lynndie England, accused of abusing Iraqi inmates, that her boyfriend was a “ringleader” at Abu Ghraib prison.

Two army investigators were among witnesses testifying yesterday, the third day of the hearing to determine whether England, the 21-year-old army reservist notoriously photographed holding a naked Iraqi prisoner on a leash, should face a court-martial.

England, who is pregnant with the child of her boyfriend, Corporal Charles Graner, faces 19 charges in connection with the abuse at Abu Ghraib and could be sentenced to up to 38 years in prison. Graner also faces charges in connection with the scandal.