Mark Karpinski, instructed by the Crown Prosecution Service Rape and Serious Sexual Offences Team, today secured 4 convictions for sexual assault and one conviction for attempted assault by penetration following a 7 day trial at Winchester Crown Court. (The Jury also found the Defendant not guilty of a further count of sexual assault and a single count of ABH.)
Both the Victim and Defendant were female soldiers in the Army.
The Defendant had completely denied any wrongdoing, claiming that the Victim and Prosecution witnesses had fabricated their version of events. On 2nd December 2024 she was given a 21 month suspended sentence suspended for 2 years.