BRUTE CAMP

Officer 'degraded' recruits in mock trial, court is told

- SEAN MCCARTHAIGH

AN ARMY officer who was involved in staging a mock trial that subjected a number of trainee soldiers to "degrading treatment" has appeared before a military court over the incident.

The officer, who holds the rank of lieutenant, was fined a total of 34 days' pay - equivalent to a sum of just under €5,000.

He pleaded guilty at a general court martial to six breaches of military law while acting as a training officer for a 1st Brigade NCO course at a number of military locations in Cork.