A Navy SEAL accused of fatally stabbing a wounded prisoner of war caught a break when a military judge, citing alleged spying by prosecutors, reduced the maximum penalty he could face.

Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher’s trial, which was set to begin Monday, has now been delayed a week. He had faced life in prison without parole.

Instead, Gallagher could now face life in prison with the possibility of parole, Capt. Aaron Rugh ruled.

But the judge refused to dismiss the case against Gallagher, who pleaded not guilty to the 2017 murder of an injured teenage militant in Iraq, as well as shooting unarmed civilians in Afghanistan.

The decision by Rugh was the latest rebuke to prosecutors in the case, who were accused of tracking e-mails sent to Gallagher’s lawyers in an effort the defense characterized as “spying.”

With Post wires

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