{"id":223471,"date":"2023-10-19T12:00:07","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T12:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allworldreport.com\/?p=223471"},"modified":"2023-10-19T12:00:07","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T12:00:07","slug":"lance-corporal-is-fined-1100-for-disrespectful-behaviour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allworldreport.com\/world-news\/lance-corporal-is-fined-1100-for-disrespectful-behaviour\/","title":{"rendered":"Lance Corporal is fined \u00a31,100 for disrespectful behaviour"},"content":{"rendered":"
A British Army soldier who disrespected his superior by telling him his rank ‘didn’t matter’ and that they were both ‘just soldiers with numbers’ has escaped with just a fine.<\/p>\n
Lance Corporal Ramon Haywood and his team of seven were given four rooms of accommodation between them while on exercise in Germany, a court martial heard.<\/p>\n
As a result, they spread out into more rooms than allocated to make themselves ‘comfortable’, but as more troops arrived LCpl Haywood then ignored orders to return to the original rooms provided.<\/p>\n
The 41-year-old has similar previous convictions, but was warned by the judge any repetition would result in a loss of rank and period in military detention.<\/p>\n
After admitting two counts of disrespectful behaviour to a superior officer, LCpl Haywood was fined \u00a31,100 at Bulford Military Court, Wiltshire.<\/p>\n
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Lance Corporal Ramon Haywood is pictured at\u00a0Bulford Military Court Court, where he was fined \u00a31,100 for disrespectful behaviour<\/p>\n
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The 41-year-old soldier told a Warrant Officer that his rank ‘Didn’t matter’ and that they were both ‘Just soldiers with numbers’\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Major Sarah Gerrard told the court the incident unfolded shortly after their arrival as part of Exercise Cerberus, in Sennelager, Germany.<\/p>\n
‘[LCpl Haywood] was told by Warrant Officer [Tristan] Russell that he needed to consolidate his team into a lower number of rooms to accommodate for incoming troops.’<\/p>\n
However, he refused to do so and was adamant the order instead come from the Company Quarter Master Sergeant (CQMS).<\/p>\n
The court heard when WO Russell asked ‘who he thought he was’ to get the CQMS down to sort an accommodation quarrel, LCpl Haywood asked him the same thing.<\/p>\n
WO Russell then rang the CQMS and had him on loudspeaker, before LCpl Haywood walked away while he was still on the phone.<\/p>\n
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After admitting two counts of disrespectful behaviour to a superior officer, LCpl Haywood was fined \u00a31,100 at Bulford Military Court, Wiltshire<\/p>\n
Maj Gerrard added: ‘He again refused to move and said his rank didn’t matter and they were just soldiers with numbers.’<\/p>\n
The court heard LCpl Haywood had previously been convicted of two charges of disrespectful behaviour, dating back to October 2020.<\/p>\n
In mitigation, James Ross said LCpl Haywood ‘now accepted’ he should have followed orders of WO Russell more quickly and his conduct had been ‘unacceptable’.<\/p>\n
Judge Alistair McGrigor described LCpl Haywood as challenging the orders of a senior non-commissioned officer and ‘posturing’ in front of his team, adding: ‘As a Lance Corporal of five years you would have known it was not your place.<\/p>\n
‘You must understand such behaviour was inappropriate and had the potential to effect unit cohesion.’<\/p>\n
LCpl Haywood was therefore a total of \u00a31,100 and reprimanded.<\/p>\n
The judge warned a repetition would likely result in a loss of rank and period in detention.<\/p>\n