Army instructor ‘ripped hole in female recruit’s jeans’ and drank from a bra at barrack’s social event
An army instructor who ripped a hole in the jeans of a female recruit at a social event in a military barracks and drank alcohol out of a bra has avoided being demoted to the rank of private “by the narrowest of margins” at a court martial.
A military judge issued Corporal Keith Lynch of the 27th Infantry Battalion at Aiken Barracks in Dundalk, Co Louth with a fine of 21 days’ pay and severely reprimanded him after he pleaded guilty to charges of assault and conduct prejudicial to good order and discipline.
The judge, Colonel Michael Campion, said the accused’s conduct represented “the type of culture that is not, and never was, acceptable in the Defence Forces”.
The offences occurred in the vicinity of the NCO mess at Aiken Barracks on March 25th, 2021 during a social event following a passing-out parade of a group of recruits from a training course where Corp Lynch had been the instructor.
The charge of assault contrary to Section 2 of the Non-Fatal Offences Against…
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