HC Deb 18 November 1947 vol 444 cc152-3W
43. Mr. Hogg

asked the Secretary of State for War how long Captain A. Macnaughton Wright has been in close arrest; and for what reasons it has been necessary to confine him in this way.

Mr. M. Stewart

This officer was arrested on 15th September, 1947, and was charged on 17th September, 1947. He was brought before a Military Government Court on 4th October but pleaded unfitness. He was formally charged before a court on 6th October, and remanded in custody. He was brought before the court again on 20th October, remanded for a further 14 days and released. He is now in open arrest in the Provost Officers' Mess, Vienna. When he was arrested he stated that his release leave had expired. The procedure adopted was normal for a case in which a person no longer serving is concerned, and involving charges such as those arising in this case.