Soldier beats a woman unconscious, gets a great reference from his CO. Jailed after appeal

We're getting a lot of posts about military courts etc. Surely this guy is simply going to resign and avoid it all? No employee is subject to an employers rules once they resign. And they cant stop him resigning - bonded labour was outlawed decades ago.

Just on the "end victim blaming in the courts" placards. Can anyone show me where the judge or Army blamed the victim?

In this case, they would let him.

I'm a man.

Doesn't seem to be too many men about the place suffering life changing traumas and injuries at the hands of out of control women, does there?

Of course this is men v women. This is men with a total loss of self control and right and wrong abusing their physical superiority to beat women into silence and submission. And such men need to be heavily, heavily punished.

I'm not sure how else you could legitimately frame this issue.

Women attack other woman as well and leave them with life changing traumas.

And women attack men, remember the woman who stabbed a man to death for parking outside her house? I didnt see a march for him.

Making it a male on female violence issue is like demonizing all dogs after the XL bully attack in Limerick where the woman was killed. Lets treat all dogs as a problem now and try to make everyone afraid of them, cocker spaniels, yorkshire terriers, french bulldogs etc they are all a problem and we need to do something about it. 🙄

You have to buy your way out of the Defence forces.

What are they going to do if he simply doesnt turn up? Also, you cant recover money from someone who hasnt got it.

This is Ireland. Nothing like this is ever enforced.

Do you honestly think the military want this guy back on duty.........so badly that they send in the military police.

Also, could you imagine the resulting court case. "Judge, there's this guy we want to kick out of the army.......so we're suing him because he......eh....left the army...."

In the real world I predict the following will happen

1. He wont do any more army duties.

2. He will be discharged.

3. Nobody will be arrested and no money will be sought.

There have been many men killed and maimed at the hands of violent scumbags like Crotty through no fault of own. Are you somehow implying that these victims don’t matter or that as they were make themselves they are somehow responsible?

Do you have male relatives, husband, sons, brothers, father. What if they were beaten to a pulp for no good reason. Would you feel they were in some way responsible as they were the same sex as the scumbag attacker?

The Military Prison still exists in the Curragh , it’s currently mothballed having recently been used to imprison sex offenders.

I can vaguely remember a member of the navy being sentenced to 3 months imprisonment and dismissal , though can’t remember for the life of me remember if he served his sentence in military custody round about the year 2000.

I do know there are members of the defence forces who are solicitors or barristers and you can actually attend court martials by appointment once they are not of a sensitive nature and you don’t intend acting the bollix , details of any upcoming court martials are available to see on the defence force’s website,there are also legal practices who specialise in military law.