Proof has continued within the trial of a military officer charged with sexually assaulting two feminine troopers following a barbecue at a army barracks.
he defendant, who can’t be named by order of a army decide, has pleaded not responsible to sexually assaulting two non-commissioned officers in incidents on the evening of June 25, 2020.
The decide, Colonel Michael Campion, additionally banned reporting the proof of witnesses who appeared as we speak earlier than the courtroom martial listening to on the Army Justice Centre in Dublin’s McKee Barracks.
The officer is alleged to have assaulted the 2 NCOs at a Defence Forces base which additionally can’t be recognized.
The accused appeared earlier than a sitting of a Common Courtroom Martial comprising a army decide and board – the army equal of a jury – that are used for instances involving t critical offences, and offences involving senior officers.
Right this moment, 4 troopers have been referred to as to present proof in relation to allegations made by one of many complainants.
After they testified, Col Campion dominated that media experiences might state that the proceedings have been ongoing however that “element of the proof will not be acceptable.”
He stated that because the “matter remains to be ongoing” to take action would result in a “hazard of the method being compromised.”
The trial continues.
