Army officer fined after pleading guilty to unauthorised possession of military equipment

The judge noted the defendant had qualified for promotion to a senior rank but he had not been certified for promotion by the Defence Forces chief-of-staff as a result of the court martial proceedings. File picture

An army officer has been fined three days’ pay and been reprimanded after pleading guilty to a charge of having unauthorised military equipment in his possession at the Curragh Camp three years ago.

The soldier, with more than 30 years’ service in the Defence Forces, who cannot be named, was originally accused of a total of 12 offences, including four counts of the alleged stealing of military equipment including ammunition.