Courts Martial
(asked on 26th September 2014) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many courts-martial there were in HM Armed Forces in the last year for which records are available; how many of those were judged by commanding officers; and how many of those defendants did not have legal representation.
This question was answered on 13th October 2014
480 Service personnel were tried by Court Martial during the year 2013.
None of those were judged by their Commanding Officers. 70 chose to represent themselves at trial.