Forgive and forget what some saw as military campaigns, yes. Probably, and when John Major and Tony Blair epitomised the sense of moving on, I could and still can see the point.

Murdering a woman is not the act of a soldier though. It is the act of a criminal. When you move on, you take civilisation with you, not leave it behind. If he has a case to answer then answer it. If he hasn't, move on and find those who have.

The political timing hasn't gone unnoticed, but if we let politics dictate the pace of the judiciary, we are stuffed anyway.