Three Army instructors sacked over claims teenage cadets were whipped and tied up in campaign of abuse at camp
Mail Online
Police, Army and council officials are investigating claims that recruits were whipped and tied up as part of a catalogue of abuse.
Three Army instructors have been sacked amid allegations cadets where physically abused at a camp.
It’s alleged teenagers from Merseyside where bullied, hurt and humiliated at the national cadet camp in Crowborough, Sussex.
Police, Army and council officials are investigating claims that recruits were whipped and tied up as part of a catalogue of abuse.
It’s claimed cadets – aged between 15 and 17 – were struck with elastic cords, forced to walk across rubble on their bare knees and had water poured over them.
Disturbing photos have emerged which allegedly show one a female recruit with extensive bruising to her legs caused by her being repeatedly struck with a bungee cord.
The probe centres on the Merseyside Army Cadet Force (MACF), based in Altcar, near Formby, Merseyside.
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