Court martial prosecutor role unfilled for more than a year

Military management has said there are no issues over discipline within the Defence Forces after it emerged that the main prosecutorial role in courts-martial was only filled last month after the vacancy existed for more than a year.

The Department of Defence said the role of Director of Military Prosecutions became vacant in December 2018 and was filled in February this year. The Director is the main prosecutor in cases deemed serious enough to warrant a court-martial.