Dumb.
It's very simple - whatever you do, you just have to face
the consequences.
For civilian case, very simple. First offenders, charged in
subordinate court, couple of hearings and normally ended up with a
1 - 2 years probation with community service.
But since (I assume he's in the army now, since this is in the
SAF forum), he will be dealt with in both civilian and martial
court. Since the effect of a probation sentence wouldn't affect him
much, my guess is that he will be slapped with a fine.
As for his court-martial, it's either a SOL or DB. I hope it'll
be DB, some people need to learn things the hard way to really
frigging wake up their idea.