A military officer, whose identity is protected, alleges facing discrimination due to his rise through the ranks. The officer claims he experienced both direct and indirect resentment and discrimination because of his career path, which began as a private soldier and culminated in his commission as an officer.
Officer said his career path led to him becoming target of ‘direct and indirect resentment and discrimination’Mr Justice Alan Mahon, who is the Defence Forces Ombudsman and a retired judge of the Appeal Court, said that the officer should be promoted after military justice authorities were forced to drop the various charges five months ago.
In an investigation report filed this month, the ombudsman noted submissions from the officer’s lawyers had been “highly critical” of the military justice process. He said these submissions make for “disturbing reading”. The ombudsman noted the officer’s career path had been unusual and “quite remarkable” -he enlisted as a private soldier in the late 1980s and rose through the ranks before being commissioned as an officer over 20 year ago.The officer, who cannot be identified due to strict reporting restrictions imposed by the judge in his court martial, submitted to the ombudsman that he was discriminated against as an officer who came from the enlisted ranks. He said he experienced “both direct and indirect resentment and discrimination” due to his career path and he has faced “excessive, unlawful, immoral and unprofessional” treatment. In 2022, the officer was accused of nine offences, including stealing military equipment and ammunition. These charges were later withdrawn and replaced with another 12 charges. This new charge sheet was also withdrawn and replaced with another sheet containing 12 counts. The court martial began in July 2024 before military judge Col Michael Campion. The officer denied all charges. According to the man’s legal team, the prosecution “had difficulty” in proceeding with any of the charges. Some were struck out and others “were the subject of wholesale amendments to the point of realisation that the trial was about to collapse”
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