<sod >He has written: 'The men with whom I had shared dangers in the jungle deserved all my loyalty and affection . . . And yet every month I spent in Malaya confirmed to me that we were defending an empire of injustice.' More recently, though, Ascherson has been contemplating what he feels to be another 'injustice'. And, as a man of high principle, he has chosen to act upon it.< eod>< sod > He has in the past written: 'The men with whom I had shared dangers in the jungle deserved all my loyalty and affection . . . Yet every month I spent in Malaya confirmed to me that we were defending an empire of injustice.' More recently, though, Ascherson has been contemplating what he feels to be another 'injustice' arising out of an incident very 'similar' to that of his own epiphany. And, as a man of high principle, Ascherson has chosen to act upon it.     Sgt Blackman's wife Claire, pictured, has welcomed Ascherson's intervention  In 13 days, the Court of Appeal will begin to reconsider the case of another soldier who served in a foreign war with Ascherson's old unit, 42 Commando Royal Marines. On September 15, 2011, a Taliban attack on a British base in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, was repulsed when an Apache helicopter strafed the insurgents with cannon fire, mortally wounding one. Acting Colour Sergeant Alexander Blackman, a veteran of five tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, and a man described as a 'superb soldier' by his superiors, killed the wounded Taliban fighter with a bullet to the chest.< eod>