AN ISRAELI solider who killed an unarmed cameraman will not be prosecuted, the man's family has learnt.

Award-winning cameraman James Miller, aged 34, had lived in Woolwich when he was younger.

He was killed in Gaza in May 2003 while making a documentary on Palestinian children.

His family have been fighting to bring his killer to justice.

On March 9, after 22 months, his widow and siblings met with Israeli officials who read them extracts of the official report into James' death.

There they heard admissions the patrol leader had fired between five and 10 shots at the documentary maker and his team and no other shots had been fired that night.

But despite this and evidence on the Death in Gaza film he was making which shows the solider took aim for 13 seconds using a night sight before shooting James through a gap in his body armour no-one will be charged with murder.

Instead the man responsible is likely to face disciplinary proceedings for not following rules of engagement and for his conduct during the investigation.

But James' mother, the headteacher of Our Lady of Grace School, Charlton, is vowing to keep fighting for the truth.

Eileen Miller said: "It looks as though this soldier is going to get a reprimand, so the rest of them can go around shooting people without worrying what will happen to them. He chose to shoot James and has walked away.

"It's been torture for the family but we have to keep fighting his corner so we can say to his children we did our best."

Mr Miller's wife Sophy, 34, who went to Israel with his sister and brother, says they will now pursue a civil action for wrongful killing.

She said: "The truth will come out and we hope the Israeli judicial system will mete out justice."