Marines to stand trial for indecency

Seven Royal Marines were yesterday ordered to stand trial over allegations they “drank each other’s urine” and committed sex acts at a nightclub.

Jordan Coia, 22, Ben James, 22, Michael Byrne, 26, Ryan Fowler, 23, Luke Bowen, 25, Jacob Holt, 21, and Craig Lynch, 42, face a charge of public indecency over an alleged incident at Devito’s nightclub in Arbroath.

The seven, all based at RM Condor, are accused of a series of acts in the smoking area of the club. It is alleged they exposed themselves, urinated in public, drank each other’s urine, smacked each other’s bare buttocks and committed graphic sex acts. They deny the single charge on summary complaint.