The Armed Forces minister, who served in Afghanistan with the Royal Marines, has 'abandoned his principles' and 'put two fingers up' to British soldiers, it has been claimed.
Eathen Bradley-Moor, 22, Shaun Joash, 25, Lucas Johnson, 22, and Ben O'Callaghan, 23, appeared before Bulford Military Court in Wiltshire after pleading guilty to assault.
Stuart Lucas, then a Royal Navy reservist, told how he bravely stepped in to stop powerfully-built Paul Doyle, then in the Royal Marines, from assaulting younger colleagues.
Paul Doyle, 54, clocked up 10 previous convictions, including three serious assaults, as a young man which led to him being jailed on November 3 1994 - the day before his 23rd birthday - for 12 month…
As the cameras panned across the veterans striding down Whitehall two Sundays ago, one lens fell on a tall, figure in a Royal Marines beret. The BBC's announcer didn't seem to notice him.
MoD data shows that there are 211 General Officers in the Army, 135 Admirals and Flag Officers in the Royal Navy and Royal Marines, and 126 Air Officers of Air Rank in the Royal Air Force