Private discharged from Defence Forces over sexual assault

A private was discharged from the Defence Forces last year after being found guilty at an Army Court-Martial of sexual assault.

The case came up before a Limited Court Martial in late-2013 and again across a number of dates last year, with the private facing three separate charges, the most serious of which was that relating to a sexual assault.

On the two lesser charges of indiscipline, the private was sanctioned with seven days’ detention; a severe reprimand; and two fines, one of €300 and another of €100. However, the private was discharged from the Defence Forces after being found guilty of “a civil offence contrary to section 169 of the Defence Act 1954, that is to say sexual assault contrary to section 2 of the Criminal Law (Rape) (Amendment) Act 1990”.