A group of 17 British Army instructors accused of assaulting teenagers at a battle camp, have appeared in court.
Thought to be veterans of the wars in Iraq or Afghanistan, they face 40 charges of battery, ill-treatment and actual bodily harm.
The instructors, from the Army Foundation College (AFC) in Harrogate, North Yorkshire deny the charges. They could be jailed if found guilty.
They are alleged to have kicked and punched the cadets, who were 17 at the time during infantry training at a battle camp in Kirkcudbright, Scotland in 2014.
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