Earl of Bronze

Considering there where confused verbal orders from their CO to ''go hard on the looters'', and similar orders handed out by the Senior NCO, I believe the guilty verdict is a pile of crap. The fact then the Officer Commanding these men recieved no form of repramand, for issuing illegal orders, shows that the old boy network is alive and well within the British Army.

Having said that, the Other Ranks responsible for these abuses should have said NO to the orders given that iniated the abuse. Its a difficult line to walk in the Army, where the *Chain of Command* is the penultimate decider of a soldiers actions. Disobey a *dodgy* order and be Court Martialed, follow a *dodgy* order and be Court Martialed.