The Daily Mirror reported that a British Soldier who smashed a drinking glass in a man’s face was spared jail time after a Judge said that troops needed to have a temper.
"Trooper Richard Evers, 21, was given a lenient sentence so he wasn’t discharge from the army. He also avoided being sent on an anger management course – with Judge William Hart telling the court: ‘Soldiers who don’t have anger are probably of limited use.’ The outstanding soldier who has twice served in Iraq was given a 12-month community sentence ….."