A Canterbury soldier has been sentenced to 28 days in military detention for assaulting another soldier of a lower rank.
Daniel Turua, 32, grabbed the victim by the throat, pinned him against a wall and punched him in the head and face in September.
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Turua later threatened the rest of the platoon.
He had pleaded guilty to assault, ill-treatment and threatening language.
Turua will also be demoted by two ranks, from Corporal to Private, following a Court Martial at Burnham Military Camp on Monday.
Judge Heemi Taumaunu took into account his early guilty pleas to assault, ill-treatment and threatening language, and his establishment of a corporals group to understand the needs of soldiers.
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