An RAF serviceman has been cleared of sexually assaulting his sleeping feminine colleague after a film evening whereas deployed in Poland.
Air Specialist Andrew Lewins was accused of molesting his colleague in a drunken assault in his room after a night boozing at a lodge bar.
The feminine colleague alleged she fell asleep however awoke within the early hours of the morning after AS1 Lewins pulled down her leggings and assaulted her.
The servicewoman stated she felt ‘scared’, ‘uncomfortable’ and ‘confused’.
AS1 Lewins denied sexual assault and following a four-day trial at Bulford Army Courtroom, Wiltshire, he has been acquitted.
Air Specialist Andrew Lewins ( pictured exterior Bulford Army Courtroom) was accused of molesting his colleague in a drunken assault in his room after a night boozing at a lodge bar
AS1 Lewins denied sexual assault and following a four-day trial in Wiltshire, he has been acquitted
The courtroom heard the feminine colleague and AS1 Lewins have been deployed in Poland collectively in 2022.
Prosecuting, Main James Eveleigh stated following a busy day of labor – round one month into the deployment – AS1 Lewins, the alleged sufferer, and different RAF colleagues went to the lodge restaurant after which the bar for meals and drinks.
At round 2am, AS1 Lewins, his roommate, and the sufferer determined to return to a lodge room to observe a film collectively.
The feminine air specialist fell asleep in AS1 Lewins’ mattress.
The feminine air specialist stated throughout a police interview {that a} ‘film evening’ was urged within the early hours of the morning following a night of ingesting.
‘I had a few drinks so thought why not,’ she stated.
The feminine colleague described AS1 Lewins as being at 9 out of 10 on the drunkeness scale.
‘Andy did purchase me a drink however he was very very drunk,’ she stated, ‘I used to be tipsy however I wasn’t like out of it.’
She advised the officer that the three associates sat in AS1 Lewins lodge room within the Polish lodge and watched a movie.
In the course of the film, she stated they have been ‘having a deep dialog’ earlier than she ultimately fell asleep in AS1 Lewins’ mattress.
Bulford Army Courtroom heard the feminine colleague and AS1 Lewins have been deployed in Poland collectively
Within the early hours of the morning, at round 6am, the feminine air specialist stated she woke to search out AS1 Lewins’ face near hers ‘like he needed to kiss me’.
‘His face was actually near my face,’ she continued, ‘He was doing the motion of fingering.’
The feminine air specialist stated she bought up and ‘left immediately’.
AS1 Lewins, who is predicated at RAF Brize Norton station in West Oxfordshire, denied one rely of sexual assault by penetration.
