Army faces abuse trial
SEVENTEEN British Army instructors have been charged with committing horrific assaults on teenage recruits in the Armed Forces’ biggestever abuse case, London’s The Mail on Sunday reported.
The alleged abuse includes instructors pushing recruits’ heads under water until they choked and forcing animal excrement into their mouths during a training exercise.
Some are also said to have kicked and punched the terrified teenagers.
The veterans face a total of 40 charges of battery, ill-treatment and actual bodily harm and could be jailed if found guilty. They will appear at a military court next month.