Three soldiers have been bailed by a court

[Rog Ball 01]

As they have been cleared by a civil court, if the RMP investigation and Reg enquiry (if there is one), agree that the 3 are guilty, will they be liable for charges to be bought under sect 69/70 of AA?

[andy clark]

no matter what this lad done,no matter how bad it was the end of the day ha paid the price with his life which no-one should have to do.if it was in operational conditions then thats what we all join up for ....however it wasnt,the people that gave beasting only acted on command and if this happend in civvy st(not the beasting but a order by a work superior which resulted in the death of a colleague)then the person issuing the order would probably face a man-slaughter charge.when rank and authority is given then it carries the responsibility of following all your orders through to the end and a result of this they should also accept the consequences that go with it.all too often in the army we hear that mud rolls down hill and stops at the bottom.however it has to start from somewhere just like this command did for this young private and in my opinion from what ive seen on the news etc the wrong people were in court

[Rog Ball 01]

I agree Andy, hat is why I asked he question about possible proscecution under AA. As the press have said, the one that should have been tried got away with it, he also should be pros under 69/70.

[John Turner]

Here's what the Army Rumour Service has to say about it.