Naval instructor put on probation for sexually assaulting recruit at navy base in Cork

The recruit said in a victim impact statement: “I should be happy with the outcome of this but in all honesty this man has broken me."

Derek Nagle

A 56-year-old Naval instructor was put on a probation bond at Cork District Court on Tuesday for slapping a new recruit on the buttocks while winking and remarking: "You’re lucky it wasn’t 14 or 15 years ago." 

Derek Nagle of Kilmona, Grenagh, County Cork, resigned from the Navy since the sexual assault in March last year. Today his barrister, Ronan Barnes, said: “There is a probation report which is positive and makes certain recommendations.”