“Statement given by Mrs.

Clara Higgins at 16:46 hours,” Knox read out.

“I was sitting in the gate area with my children when the young Marine went up to the lady in uniform.

He talked to her loudly and mockingly.

He questioned her service.

When she tried to read her book and ignore him, he reached out and tapped her uniform sleeve with his fingers to examine her insignia.

She stayed completely polite and calm through the whole incident.”