article_snippet.sent: Smith was given a 12-month suspended jail sentence and ordered to do 80 hours of unpaid work.
article_snippet.sent: the man was given a 12-month community order, and the pair were each told to pay £1,000 compensation.
article_snippet.sent: The maximum penalty for a single count of occasioning actual bodily harm is five years imprisonment according to the Crown Prosecution Service's sentencing guidelines.
article_snippet.sent: With both Smith and the man found guilty of two counts each, the soldiers could have faced sentences of ten years.
article_snippet.sent: In the most lenient circumstances a sentence of one year in custody is advised.
article_snippet.sent: Smith was given a 12 month sentence suspended, while the man received a 12-month community order.
highlights_snippet.sent: both could have faced sentences of up to 10 years each for both crimes .
  