Military court hears decision to prosecute soldier came four years after DPP decided not to prosecute

A military court heard that a decision to prosecute a soldier came some four years after the DPP decided there should be no prosecution following a garda investigation of the same case

Counsel for the soldier said he had been informed by gardaí that there would be no prosecution. File picture

A military court has heard that a decision to prosecute a soldier came some four years after the DPP had decided there should be no prosecution following a garda investigation of the same case.

Company Sergeant Uel Fisher appeared before a sitting of a summary court martial at McKee Barracks in Dublin to face a number of charges including one of threatening to kill another soldier at a Christmas function in 2017.