A solid­er was sen­tenced to 120 days in a mil­i­tary jail for go­ing on sick leave with­out the nec­es­sary per­mis­sion from his im­me­di­ate su­pe­ri­ors.

A re­lease from the De­fence Force yes­ter­day said Pri­vate Ali, who has four years mil­i­tary ser­vice, plead­ed guilty to 13 charges con­trary to mil­i­tary law. Civ­il Mil­i­tary Af­fairs of­fi­cer of De­fence Force Cap­tain Al Alexan­der said yes­ter­day: "He (Pri­vate Ali) left camp with­out mark­ing out.

He went on sick leave with­out car­ry­ing out the necess­sary ac­tion. Al­though no­ti­fied about this in­dis­cre­tion, he still pro­ceed­ed on leave with­out the nec­es­sary ap­proval." Ali was rep­re­sent­ed by at­tor­ney Lar­ry Williams while Ian Roach presided as judge ad­vo­cate. Ma­jor K Weekes act­ed as pres­i­dent of the court and Ma­jor Shel­don Ra­manan pros­e­cut­ed.