LONDON, July 19 (Xinhuanet) -- Three British soldiers are to stand trial for the war crime of inhuman treatment of detainees in Iraq, the Sky news reported on Tuesday.

    British Attorney General Lord Goldsmith announced they will stand trial under the International Criminal Court Act 2001.

    Three soldiers are from the Queen's Lancashire Regiment. Corporal Donald Payne, 34, is alleged to have inhumanely treated and killed detainee Baha Da'oud Salim Musa. He is also alleged to have inhumanely treated other detainees and perverted the course of justice.

    Lance Corporal Wayne Crowcroft, 21, and Private Darren Fallon, 22, are charged with inhumanely treating the internees, who sustained injuries following repeated assaults.

    The three men will face court martial in this country rather than being tried at The Hague, where the international court is base.

    They are among 11 servicemen who face a range of charges arising from two incidents in Iraq.

    Goldsmith said the Army Prosecuting Authority had decided seven servicemen should stand trial in the first case.

    This relates to alleged incidents in Basra between September 13 and 15, 2003.

    A fourth serviceman, Sergeant Kelvin Stacey, 28, of the Queen's Lancashire Regiment, is alleged to have assaulted a detainee and faces a charge of assault causing actual bodily harm, alternatively common assault.

    The three remaining servicemen - Warrant Officer Mark Davies, 36, of the Intelligence Corps, Major Michael Peebles, 34, of the Intelligence Corps, and Colonel Jorge Mendonca, 41, lately of the Queen's Lancashire Regiment, are charged with negligently performing their duties or neglecting to perform a duty, contrary to the Army Act 1955. Enditem