[2013] EWCA Crim 1835

A three-rank demotion of an army officer, imposed for inflicting grievous bodily harm on a fellow officer, was not wrong in principle or manifestly excessive. The fact that the officer had left the army and was no longer exercising command was not a proper basis on which to ask the court to alleviate the financial consequences for his pension by ordering a less severe demotion.

CA (Crim Div) (Pitchford LJ, Keith J, Lewis J)

04/10/2013