Court martial for squaddie

A SQUADDIE who fought with two police officers to avoid arrest faces being court martialed for going AWOL.

By The Newsroom

Published 3rd Dec 2011, 11:50 BST

Private Riccardo Gumede, 24, of Muirhouse Green, struggled with two officers trying to arrest him for committing a breach of the peace on June 3.

Gumede, pleaded guilty to charges of breach of the peace and resisting arrest in Edinburgh. Sheriff William Holligan fined him £450 and released Gumede – who went missing from the army in October 2011 – into the custody of a Royal Scots officer.

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