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http://www.washingtonpost.com/posttv/c/embed/1d180728-f963-11e2-8e84-c56731a202fb US Senate Hearings and Debate on 'Rape in the Military'....
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/21753485 More young Veterans diagnosed with PTSD...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23259865 Armed Forces and Veterans suicides....
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http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/suicide-at-prince-harrys-base-british-1337090 REME soldier suicide at Camp Bastion.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iraq/5065844/Suicide-watch-for-soldiers-in-Iraq.html 3 Army soldiers suicides ....
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/armed-forces-suicides-surpass-combat-deaths-442723.html Armed Forces Suicides outnumber combat deaths...
http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Suicide+verdict+on+air+base+man%3b+RAF+probe+will+look+into+death.-a0104198569 RAF Valley Airman suicide.
http://www.thefreelibrary.com/RAF+GUN+HUNT+ENDS+IN+SUICIDE+TRAGEDY%3b+Air+traffic+controller+is+found...-a0123431816 RAF Officer suicide at Kinloss.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/royal-navy-wren-believed-to-have-committed-136601 WREN suicide onboard ship...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-438304/Cadets-suicide-RAF-girl-took-life-bullied-superiors.html RAF Woman Cadet suicide after bullying.
http://www.bedfordshire-news.co.uk/News/Family-blasts-Navy-after-officers-suicide-16122011.htm WREN Officers suicide.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cornwall/4252535.stm Naval Recruit suicide.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4107754.stm Bullied South Korean Soldier kills 8 soldiers.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/aroundtheworld/2008/06/gay-soldier-murdered-in-afghanistan-military-rules-it-was-suicide/ Gay soldier murdered in Afghanistan...?
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-22627829 IPCC Demands Reinvestigation of death of RAF airman SAC Robert Fleeting at RAF Benson.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2013/06/09/prince-harry-praised-for-saving-soldier-from-homophobic-attack/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-22777129 US Military Abuse Senate Hearings.
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RAF sergeant has been accused of raping a female colleague
after a day of drinking.
Stewart Fryatt, 38, a married father-of-one, had been watching Six Nations rugby in a
bar with a group of friends when the incident happened, Oxford Crown Court
heard.
The 23-year-old woman walked out of the Cavern underground bar at RAF Benson at
about 10pm on March 19 after discovering that the toilet facilities in the air
base bar were closed.
She was followed by Fryatt, who put his hand inside her leggings before raping her
from behind. The woman told the court that she heard groaning and asked him to
stop.
It was not until about 2am, after Fryatt had left the bar saying he felt sick, that
the woman called friends and informed the RAF police. Prosecutor Nadia Chbat
told the jury that the aircraft technician had "forcibly" raped the
woman.
She said: "They had gone to the outside toilets in the main hangar. Mr Fryatt had
tried the door but it was shut.
"The alleged victim then went down a side alleyway and Mr Fryatt said he would keep
an eye out for any passers-by.
"She heard Mr Fryatt talking to someone and she zipped up her trousers. This is when
she was sexually assaulted and raped."
Fryatt, who has served 17 years with the RAF, had denied one count of rape and another
of sexual assault.Clare Fraser, defending, said it was the woman who initiated
sex.
She said: "What happened around that corner in the 20 minutes they were away was not
rape.
"She agreed to have sex with him. She was willing to have sex with him."
Miss Fraser said the woman had been wearing underwear, leggings and a jacket that
reached her thighs, making it very difficult to reach inside her underwear
without co-operation.
"He wouldn’t have been able to do that unless she was willing to help him," she
said.
Miss Fraser asked the jury to consider why the woman did not tell her friends what
had happened until much later and continued to sit next to Fryatt after they had
returned to the bar.
She suggested that as having sex in an alley was not considered "attractive", the
woman might have been ashamed to admit to it.
Miss Fraser added: "Is she embarrassed or ashamed because it is work and they are
people she knows and they have clearly been away for 20 minutes. Is this what
this is about?
"People say things for different reasons. People make allegations of rape that are found
not to be true."
The jury also heard that the woman had drunk up to eight cans of cider from
1.30pm.
She told police that she had felt "tipsy and merry" when she was in the alley. The
woman claimed that Fryatt had been talking about his daughter and the split from
his wife throughout the day and evening.
Fryatt told the investigating RAF police officers that he had flirted with the woman
and she had flirted back. He said that he found the encounter "quite
erotic".
Judge Julian Hall told the jury that Wing Commander Paul Ross had described Fryatt as
being of "impeccable character" but that this did not absolve him.
The judge said that with no witnesses, the jury’s decision would come down to
Fryatt’s word against that of the alleged victim.
He said: "Her case was she said, ‘What are you up to, what are you doing? Stop. His
case is she was all for it, in fact it was she who initiated it. There are two
very different accounts and they are of course the only people who can speak at
the scene."
Judge Hall said there was no suggestion that Fryatt or the woman had been "falling
down drunk". Witnesses reported seeing the pair talking in the bar with the woman sat on Fryatt’s
knee.
The jury retired to consider its verdict on Wednesday and the case continues.
Stewart Fryatt was found 'Not Guilty'!
RAF Sergeant cleared of raping colleague10:30am Friday 20th January 2012 in
Wallingford.
Stewart Fryatt, pictured, always maintained he had consensual sex with a 22-year-old
woman at RAF Benson in March last year.
At Oxford Crown Court yesterday, jurors returned from three hours of deliberations
to return not guilty verdicts on a charge of rape and another of a serious
sexual assault.
The 38-year-old was discharged from the dock and embraced by his family and friends
outside court.
Hisolicitor Martin Harvey said: “We all agree with the jury’s verdicts.
“It has been 12 months of hell for Mr Fryatt and his family and we all hope he can
get his life back together.”
Mr Fryatt told the four-day trial that he and the woman, who cannot be named for
legal reasons, had been flirting at a bar on the base while watching a Six
Nations rugby match on television.
He said he accompanied her outside to help her find the nearest toilet before she
began kissing him and they had consensual sex in an alley.
Mr Fryatt, who was a technician working on Merlin helicopters, had been at RAF
Benson for 12 years.
Hes now stationed at High Wycombe. Last night an RAF spokesman said that he would
be eligible to continue his career
RAF sergeant has been accused of raping a female colleague
after a day of drinking.
Stewart Fryatt, 38, a married father-of-one, had been watching Six Nations rugby in a
bar with a group of friends when the incident happened, Oxford Crown Court
heard.
The 23-year-old woman walked out of the Cavern underground bar at RAF Benson at
about 10pm on March 19 after discovering that the toilet facilities in the air
base bar were closed.
She was followed by Fryatt, who put his hand inside her leggings before raping her
from behind. The woman told the court that she heard groaning and asked him to
stop.
It was not until about 2am, after Fryatt had left the bar saying he felt sick, that
the woman called friends and informed the RAF police. Prosecutor Nadia Chbat
told the jury that the aircraft technician had "forcibly" raped the
woman.
She said: "They had gone to the outside toilets in the main hangar. Mr Fryatt had
tried the door but it was shut.
"The alleged victim then went down a side alleyway and Mr Fryatt said he would keep
an eye out for any passers-by.
"She heard Mr Fryatt talking to someone and she zipped up her trousers. This is when
she was sexually assaulted and raped."
Fryatt, who has served 17 years with the RAF, had denied one count of rape and another
of sexual assault.Clare Fraser, defending, said it was the woman who initiated
sex.
She said: "What happened around that corner in the 20 minutes they were away was not
rape.
"She agreed to have sex with him. She was willing to have sex with him."
Miss Fraser said the woman had been wearing underwear, leggings and a jacket that
reached her thighs, making it very difficult to reach inside her underwear
without co-operation.
"He wouldn’t have been able to do that unless she was willing to help him," she
said.
Miss Fraser asked the jury to consider why the woman did not tell her friends what
had happened until much later and continued to sit next to Fryatt after they had
returned to the bar.
She suggested that as having sex in an alley was not considered "attractive", the
woman might have been ashamed to admit to it.
Miss Fraser added: "Is she embarrassed or ashamed because it is work and they are
people she knows and they have clearly been away for 20 minutes. Is this what
this is about?
"People say things for different reasons. People make allegations of rape that are found
not to be true."
The jury also heard that the woman had drunk up to eight cans of cider from
1.30pm.
She told police that she had felt "tipsy and merry" when she was in the alley. The
woman claimed that Fryatt had been talking about his daughter and the split from
his wife throughout the day and evening.
Fryatt told the investigating RAF police officers that he had flirted with the woman
and she had flirted back. He said that he found the encounter "quite
erotic".
Judge Julian Hall told the jury that Wing Commander Paul Ross had described Fryatt as
being of "impeccable character" but that this did not absolve him.
The judge said that with no witnesses, the jury’s decision would come down to
Fryatt’s word against that of the alleged victim.
He said: "Her case was she said, ‘What are you up to, what are you doing? Stop. His
case is she was all for it, in fact it was she who initiated it. There are two
very different accounts and they are of course the only people who can speak at
the scene."
Judge Hall said there was no suggestion that Fryatt or the woman had been "falling
down drunk". Witnesses reported seeing the pair talking in the bar with the woman sat on Fryatt’s
knee.
The jury retired to consider its verdict on Wednesday and the case continues.
Stewart Fryatt was found 'Not Guilty'!
RAF Sergeant cleared of raping colleague10:30am Friday 20th January 2012 in
Wallingford.
Stewart Fryatt, pictured, always maintained he had consensual sex with a 22-year-old
woman at RAF Benson in March last year.
At Oxford Crown Court yesterday, jurors returned from three hours of deliberations
to return not guilty verdicts on a charge of rape and another of a serious
sexual assault.
The 38-year-old was discharged from the dock and embraced by his family and friends
outside court.
Hisolicitor Martin Harvey said: “We all agree with the jury’s verdicts.
“It has been 12 months of hell for Mr Fryatt and his family and we all hope he can
get his life back together.”
Mr Fryatt told the four-day trial that he and the woman, who cannot be named for
legal reasons, had been flirting at a bar on the base while watching a Six
Nations rugby match on television.
He said he accompanied her outside to help her find the nearest toilet before she
began kissing him and they had consensual sex in an alley.
Mr Fryatt, who was a technician working on Merlin helicopters, had been at RAF
Benson for 12 years.
Hes now stationed at High Wycombe. Last night an RAF spokesman said that he would
be eligible to continue his career
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