The offences occurred when the former army captain attended a barbeque hosted by the Covid Joint Task Force during a lockdown period in the Covid-19 pandemic. File photograph: Stephen Barnes/Getty Images
A former army captain who claimed a sexual assault on a female solider was an “aberration” in an otherwise “glittering career” has failed in his appeal against his dismissal from the Defence Forces.
Ross O’Shea was found guilty by a General Court Martial in October 2022 of sexually assaulting a female non-commissioned officer (NCO) following a social function at a barracks in Leinster on June 25th, 2020.
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