Defence Forces Tribunal: Former officer denies mistreatment as brigadier challenges training claims

He features in almost every major allegation of mistreatment involving the approximately 52 apprentices, some as young as 16, who passed through the Army Apprentice School in the two years up to July 1991.

Because he cannot be identified for legal reasons, the former platoon commander is known throughout the Defence Forces Tribunal as 2LT.B.

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