An army officer who sexually assaulted a female soldier at a military barracks in Dublin three years ago has been dismissed from the Defence Forces by a military court.
READ MORE: Senior Defence Forces officer found guilty by military court of sexually assaulting female soldier Addressing the officer, who showed no emotion to the sentence, Col Campion said it was “a high price to pay for a one-off lapse.” Following the conclusion of a six-week trial, a military board of seven senior-ranking Defence Forces personnel also found the officer guilty of assaulting the same NCO on the same occasion by moving towards her in a manner which led her to apprehend that she was going to be assaulted.
However, the officer was found not guilty of three other charges of sexual assault involving the two NCOs and not guilty of a separate charge of assaulting the second female solider. During the trial, the Director of Military Prosecutions withdrew four other Section 168 charges, while the judge also directed the acquittal of the officer on three other charges including one of sexual assault.