Defence Forces Tribunal hears all records of official officer warnings were deleted in 1992
Defence Forces Tribunal witness Damien Traynor (left) and fellow Apprentice School witness Padraic Lenaghan (right), who told the tribunal he was forced to eat an ashtray of cigarette butts by an officer known only as 2LT.B in the tribunal. Picture: Neil Michael
The Defence Forces Tribunal has been told that the record of all official warnings against every officer in the Defence Forces was deleted in 1992.
The decision was given as a reason why the record of a reprimand against an officer alleged to have brutally abused recruits was cleared less than a year after he had been reprimanded.
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