ARMY SERGEANT ACCUSED OF GIRL RECRUIT'S RAPE; NEW SCANDAL AT THE TROUBLED PIRBRIGHT TRAINING BASE.
An Army sergeant, NCO Gary Woodward, 28, an instructor at the Army Training Regiment at Pirbright, Surrey, is accused of carrying out a rape during an exercise in the West Country.The revelation is part of a series of scandals at Pirbright involving sexual misconduct.
Woodward has been charged with rape and was committed for trial at the Old Bailey in May.
The article details other incidents at the same training base, including the dismissal of five instructors for sexual misconduct towards a recruit, as well as a separate case involving Lieutenant Simon Packer who was fined for sexually taunting recruits.
The incidents are part of a broader effort to improve training and prevent future misconduct at Pirbright.
