DOZENS of military personnel were found guilty of going absent without leave (Awol) last year, new figures from the Ministry of Defence (MoD) reveal.
Forty-nine troops were convicted of desertion, Awol or malingering at courts martial in 2018 – a small increase on the previous year.
No-one was cleared, and almost all were from the army rather than the navy or air force.
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