On January 19, Barton-Kennedy informed his platoon commander that he had received a message “from an unknown party who had acquired nude photographs of him from the photo section of his mobile phone and had identified him on social media.”
Barton-Kennedy initially acquiesced to paying the attacker 100 British pounds ($133) but balked when he was asked to pay 250 British pounds ($333), and only then informed his platoon commander what had happened.
Eventually, Barton-Kennedy was court-martialed and pled guilty at a hearing on July 30.
During that process, according to the court filing, Barton-Kennedy understood the orders that were given to him at the time, but asked the
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