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Female submariner says Navy colleague raped her at Faslane
Key takeaways
- The woman was serving alongside her colleague at the Faslane base.
- The woman told the High Court in Livingston she had been celebrating a colleague's qualification on board the submarine, and back at the mess base bar, before she was sexually assaulted.
- Jake Wilson, from Gosport in Hampshire, denies rape and has lodged a special defence of consent.
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. The woman was serving alongside her colleague at the Faslane base. A female submariner has alleged she was raped by a colleague three years ago while they were serving at the Faslane Naval base on the Clyde.
The woman told the High Court in Livingston she had been celebrating a colleague's qualification on board the submarine, and back at the mess base bar, before she was sexually assaulted.
Jake Wilson, from Gosport in Hampshire, denies rape and has lodged a special defence of consent.
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