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Instructors fined for ill-treatment of Army recruits at Yorkshire base
TWO Army training instructors were yesterday found guilty of ill-treating young recruits in Yorkshire.
Ex-Corporal Stuart Pagett and Corporal Christopher Jakeman were fined after they were convicted of mistreating soldiers during training at Catterick Garrison between October 2007 and January 2008.
Three soldiers told a court martial at the North Yorkshire garrison they were attacked by Pagett and Jakeman for making mistakes during their training.
A military board found Pagett guilty of two charges of ill-treatment and Jakeman guilty of one ill-treatment charge after the six-day trial.
The pair were cleared of five further counts between them.
Pagett, 25, was fined 1,200 after he was convicted of attacking Rifleman Derek Antwi-Boasiako in a toilet after the young soldier tapped him on the shoulder, mistakenly believing him to be a fellow recruit.
The former corporal, who has since left the Army, was also found guilty of kicking ex-Rifleman Thomas Pearson, who has also since quit, in the ribs and head for falling behind in a steeplechase exercise. Jakeman, 28, of 2nd Battalion The Rifles, was fined 600 after he was convicted of pushing Mr Pearson's head against a door frame.
Assistant Judge Advocate General Paul Camp said he was satisfied the incidents were not "systematic bullying" but the two had abused their positions.
He described Pagett's attack on Rifleman Antwi-Boasiako as "particularly serious" but told him: "You weren't victimising or bullying the recruits and we regard you as of good character."
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