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A Royal Marine was blown up in Afghanistan by a 14-year-old boy who was promised just $80 to set off a roadside bomb.
Father-of-one Stephen Curley, 26, was killed instantly when the bomb was detonated in the town Sangin in Helmand province in May last year.
Just days after his death the boy's father handed him in to the local police and he confessed to setting off the device.
The boy named Aga Wali confessed to the killing after the Taliban reneged on their promise to pay him, saying he should be acting out of insurgent zeal.
An inquest at Exeter heard today how the boy had been sentenced to imprisonment by Afghan authorities but that it is not known how long he will serve or if he is still in custody.
The boy was handed into the Afghan police at the same base in Sangin where Corporal Curley had been stationed until his death.