Army major headbutts junior colleague over who should pay for the shots

AN ARMY major working in global trouble spots headbutted a junior colleague over who had to pay for a round of shots.

Drunken Oliver Stilgoe, 32, broke Sergeant Christopher Morgan’s nose.

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A court-martial heard Stilgoe, from Britain’s Global Crisis Response HQ, had had a “bad time” after a lack of support from his chain of command.

He had also spent just four hours with his family Cyprus before you hear that there is a new post.

Major Stilgoe wiped away tears as he admitted his ‘terrible and disgraceful’ attack.

The court learned that Stilgoe, who had held the rank of major for two years and seven months, had experienced a series of traumatic postings with very little leave.

He was one of the first officers deployed there Turkey according to the earthquake in February last yearkilling 40,000 people and leaving entire cities in ruins.

Then he was taken to Nigeria and Djibouti to coordinate the safe return of British citizens captured in the war Sudan.

Ms Magill said it bothered Stilgoe depression and that the diagnosis had not been made due to his hectic work schedule.

Judge Advocate Andrew Smith told Stilgoe that an assault by a lower-ranking officer in public while on duty would result in dismissal from the force. armed forces in all but the most exceptional circumstances.

Stilgoe escaped the bag.

Instead the panel in Catterick, North Yorks, ruled that he will suffer a loss of seniority.