A married British Military soldier who sexually assaulted a feminine colleague in her room at Sandhurst has been jailed for 2 years and thrown out of the army.
‘Remorseless’ Personal Craig Gough left his sufferer feeling ‘like a shell of an individual’ after the assault on the world well-known army academy which adopted an all-night consuming session.
The 36-year-old adopted his sufferer to her room, eliminated her underwear, touched her intimately and carried out oral intercourse on her earlier than placing his hand round her throat.
As he carried out the assault, Gough, a married father-of-two who boasted how he appreciated to be ‘dominant’, advised his sufferer: ‘Don’t be concerned, I am not going to bum you.’
‘Remorseless’ Personal Craig Gough (above) left his sufferer feeling ‘like a shell of an individual’ after the assault on the world well-known army academy which adopted an all evening consuming session
The 36-year-old adopted his sufferer to her room, eliminated her underwear, touched her intimately and carried out oral intercourse on her earlier than placing his hand round her throat. Pictured: Bulford Army Court docket, Wiltshire
He was convicted of sexual assault and battery following a court docket martial final month and has now been thrown out of the armed forces and sentenced to 2 years’ army detention.
In an emotional assertion learn to Bulford Army Court docket, Wiltshire, the lady, who can’t be named for authorized causes, advised him: ‘After what has occurred to me I really feel like a shell of an individual.
‘I look within the mirror and do not see me. You may have taken away part of me that I do not suppose I am going to ever get again. You may by no means perceive the worry I felt.’
Gough, a member of the Royal Logistic Corps squadron, has served within the Military for greater than a decade and has been awarded the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee medal.
Edward Hand, defending, pointed to Gough’s ‘unblemished’ earlier file and stated: ‘A profession within the Military is one thing he aspired to and cherished.
‘When he’s deployed and in his uniform, he is an effective, reliable soldier.’
Sentencing him to 2 years of army detention and dismissing him from the Military, Choose Andrew Smith stated: ‘You had no purpose to suppose she was sexually occupied with you. She stated no quite a lot of instances however you continued.
‘She was within the security of her personal room and was entitled to really feel protected there. She says that you’ve got taken away part of her that has the precise to say no.
‘You did not present an oz of regret in the direction of her. You do not settle for that you’ve got completed something mistaken.
Throughout the three-day trial, the court docket heard that the soldier and his alleged sufferer had gone out with work colleagues to a Wetherspoons and a number of other different pubs and golf equipment earlier than returning to their barracks. Pictured: Outdated Faculty, a part of the Royal Army Faculty, Sandhurst
‘Behaviour of this sort, the breach of belief – the offence is so critical, you have to be dismissed [from the army] as a part of your punishment.
‘It it too critical for there to not be a deprivation of your liberty.’
Throughout the three-day trial, the court docket heard that the soldier and his alleged sufferer had gone out with work colleagues to a Wetherspoons and a number of other different pubs and golf equipment earlier than returning to their barracks.
Gough, his sufferer and one other feminine soldier went to a bed room the place they continued consuming and speaking.
At 7.30am they went to mattress with Gough sleeping within the feminine soldier’s bed room whereas she went to the room of a feminine pal.
William Peters, prosecuting, stated: ‘When she bought into her room she stripped all the way down to her sports activities bra and pants earlier than stepping into mattress.
’25 minutes later, [Gough] got here into the room and took her again into her personal room with him.’
The court docket heard Gough eliminated the ‘frozen’ lady’s underwear earlier than sexually assaulting her.
At one level, the lady’s pal got here into the room to return her telephone, however she was too scared to ask her for assist, the court docket was advised.
Mr Peters stated: ‘[Gough] took benefit of her… he penetrated her along with his finger, carried out oral intercourse on her and put his hand round her throat. She was scared and froze.
‘[Gough] advised her: “Don’t be concerned, I am not going to bum you.”
‘[The following day, Gough] advised her: “I am into being dominant.” He advised the police that he went in to see if she wished intercourse.’
In a pre-recorded police interview proven to the court docket, the feminine soldier advised the court docket: ‘[Gough] was kissing and biting the again of my neck.
‘I stated no and tried to push him off. He saved saying “Don’t be concerned, I am not going to bum you”.’
The Royal Army Academy Sandhurst is positioned in Camberley on the Surrey Berkshire border and is the place British Military officers are educated.
Each Prince William and Harry, the Duke of Sussex, attended the academy.
