Elite special forces sergeant gets reduced sentence for assaulting ex-wife due to military service

Elite special forces sergeant gets reduced sentence for assaulting ex-wife due to military service

A Canadian sergeant convicted of assaulting his former spouse three times has been handed a conditional discharge by an Ontario judge who noted a “link between his service-related concussions and the mental health deterioration” the soldier experienced from deploying to Iraq five times and Afghanistan thrice. Mark MacChesney who served as a member of JTF2, an elite special forces unit, was found guilty in the Ontario Court of Justice last fall o…