Cork Naval instructor said to recruit 'I thought you like it rough' during sexual assault

Derek Nagle will be sentenced on May 30

The incident happened at the Naval Base in Haulbowline, Co. Cork. File picture: Denis Minihane

A 56-year-old Naval instructor slapped a new recruit on the buttocks, winked at her and commented: "You’re lucky it wasn’t 14 or 15 years ago". 

Derek Nagle of Kilmona, Grenagh, County Cork, has since resigned from the Navy and faces sentence now at Cork District Court for one count of sexual assault. Injured party Seana O’Connor waived her right to anonymity.