Royal Marine Ian Tennet, at a martial court in Portsmouth.
Royal Marine Ian Tennet, Lance Corporal Scott Simm, and James Taylor, a lance corporal in the Royal Marines Reserves and Former Marine Ryan Logan were charged with the ill-treatment of Carlo Nicholson (pictured below), a subordinate.
Logan (pictured below), however, was sentenced to 220 hours of unpaid community work for the "water-boarding incident" where he placed material over Nicholson's face and poured water over it.
During the initiation ritual, which was witnessed by 80 drunken comrades, Nicholson was forced to drink from a paddling pool filled with urine and vomit, a practice he says has left him with "suicidal thoughts." The initiation event, described in court as a "rite of passage", saw the victim and other newcomers to the unit being forced to run naked around the camp with milk and lemonade bottles taped to their arms.
Nicholson was forced to lie down in the paddling pool containing urine and vomit while eggs were thrown at him. He also had to fight other marines while naked and covered in cooking oil.
"The incident has left me feeling like I just want to be alone and I am pushing people away," said Nicholson who is now suing the UK Ministry of Defense over his treatment.
"I feel like the water-boarding was the point where I snapped because it was a physical fear and I was panicked," he added.
Nicholson has a daughter and has left the service ever since.
Eating spoons of chill, cinnamon and curry powder, along with dog food while on all fours were some of the other ordeals Nicholson was put through.
Isn't this considered the Royal Treatment in London? Has it ever really been any different? Isn't social media and all the busybodies on the internet to blame for exposing this ritualistic routine of marine life? If this is for the little people, imagine what the lords and mistresses of the faded empire must endure... pigs or no pigs.