An RAF Sergeant has been convicted of disgraceful conduct of an indecent kind after grabbing the breast of a female colleague at a military ball.
In a drunken state, Sergeant William Wilton was convinced the colleague was a 'geezer in a dress', lunging towards the woman and shouting 'these aren't real'.
The court martial heard that the victim had been in fact wearing the gown due to a recent promotion and had not yet received her new correct dress uniform. Sgt. Wilton holds over two decades of military experience, including deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, but has now been served with a suspended sentence and fine for his 'aggressive' actions.
'We have no doubt this has caused a great deal of harm to the victim, you caused her to question her very identity'. It read; 'After the incident I had mixed emotions, I asked had it really happened, had I made myself a target?'I have considered if changing my appearance would help but that would mean not being true to myself.
'It was utterly out of character. Mr. Wilton accepts that he needs to be punished for this. He only asks it is done in a way that the next several years of his life do not become all about that one ghastly misjudgement,' the court heard.
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