The Gold Coast Bulletin

Army faces abuse trial

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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.

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