Sex assault Naval trainer put on 12mths probation

Victim slapped on her buttocks

- OLIVIA KELLEHER

A FORMER naval instructor who slapped a new recruit on the buttocks and said: "You're lucky it wasn't 15 years ago" has been put on a probation bond.

Derek Nagle, 56, resigned from the service following the sexual assault on Seana O'Connor at Cork's Haulbowline Naval Base in March last year.

Earlier this year, the city's district court heard Naval Officer O'Connor, who waived her right to anonymity was talking to a colleague when the incident occurred.

Inspector Anne Marie Guiney told the court Ms O'Connor was chatting to a male recruit when then Leading Seamen Nagle came in to room and shouted: "What the f**k are you doing here."

She said Ms O'Connor apologised and said she was getting something.

Inspector Guiney added: "He put his right hand behind her back and pushed her forward. He put his other hand on the back of her neck pushing her so her face was towards the floor.