 Roche was vindicated overnight and returned to Dublin a hero, where he was offered a Lieutenancy in a new regiment.His status was further boosted after he raised a unit to patrol the streets at night against a particularly vicious brand of criminals active at the time.After the Treaty of Paris in 1763 Roche was forced to retire from the army and move to London, where he married the wealthy Miss Pitt, but later squandered her money and she divorced him.