A senior Army instructor has been demoted and severely reprimanded for indecently assaulting a fellow officer while on a training course.Lieutenant Colonel Allan David Kinsella had his rank reduced to Major at a court martial at Trentham Military Camp near Wellington on Thursday.
The 37-year-old instructor tried to force himself on the female officer after entering her room at Waiouru Army Camp on the night of 23 March 2007.
During sentencing, president of the court Colonel R J Hitchings described Kinsella's conduct as unacceptable in the service environment and a grave breach of trust.
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http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2009/02/26/12459ecb359fI remember when I did my basic there were rumours that one of the corporals had done much the same to one of the young women recruits. He got bottled outside the baggies bar one night, by a troopy.....the next day were all on parade with the old take one step forward routine......no one owned up so they worked us all double hard and even triple hard for the rest of our spec training. Anyhoo.....enough of the nostalgia.
