Gregor McGill, a senior lawyer at the Crown Prosecution Service, said,
“In November 2013 the CPS received a file concerning an allegation against one individual, a former soldier, of misconduct in public office.
“The individual has been conditionally cautioned in relation to the disclosure of information in return for payment from a newspaper, the condition being that he must make a payment of £150 to a charity connected with the armed services. In accepting a conditional caution an individual accepts responsibility for the offending set out.
“The evidence was considered carefully in accordance with the Code for Crown Prosecutors and the DPP’s guidelines on the public interest in cases affecting the media.”
