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| Harrogate army instructors 'made recruits eat animal manure' | Harrogate army instructors 'made recruits eat animal manure' |
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| Ten army instructors have appeared in court charged with physically abusing recruits during a training camp. | Ten army instructors have appeared in court charged with physically abusing recruits during a training camp. |
| Recruits at the Army Foundation College, Harrogate, claim they were punched, grabbed by the throat and spat on at the camp in Scotland in 2014. | Recruits at the Army Foundation College, Harrogate, claim they were punched, grabbed by the throat and spat on at the camp in Scotland in 2014. |
| Some instructors are alleged to have held junior soldiers' heads under water or made them eat animal manure. | Some instructors are alleged to have held junior soldiers' heads under water or made them eat animal manure. |
| The instructors denied charges, including battery, at Bulford Court Martial Centre on Thursday. | |
| The non-commissioned officers face a total of 29 charges - 23 of ill-treatment and six of battery - relating to events said to have taken place over a nine-day period at the Dundrennan Barracks, near Kirkcudbright in Dumfries and Galloway, in June 2014. | |
| The men will face trial in February, with another six due to appear at the Wiltshire military court on Friday facing similar charges. | The men will face trial in February, with another six due to appear at the Wiltshire military court on Friday facing similar charges. |
| Assistant Judge Advocate General Alan Large released the defendants on unconditional bail. | |
| The defendants are: |