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A senior Australian naval officer was sentenced on Wednesday to 18 months in jail for repeatedly spanking a junior female sailor in what he claimed was a test of her discipline and obedience.
Lieutenant Commander John Alan Jones, 58, was handed the sentence at a court martial, Australian media reported, after being found guilty a day earlier of seven counts of indecency without consent.
The military court had heard that two of the incidents, which occurred last year while Jones was serving on a supply ship, involved the young female sailor lying across his lap and him smacking her bare buttocks.
Jones told her it was a "test to see how disciplined and compliant you were going to be", in a recording she secretly made during one of their encounters which was played to the court.
He admitted some of the behaviour but denied it was non-consensual or amounted to an indecent act. The young sailor had told the court she was scared of Jones and still had nightmares about the abuse.
Jones was also fined Aus$2,000 ($2,000) on Wednesday for trying to destroy the laptop computer issued to him by the defence forces, which the court heard contained spanking-related pornography.
He has lost his rank and will be dismissed from the Navy once the case has been reviewed.
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And this should be his sentence.
A senior Australian naval officer was sentenced on Wednesday to 18 months in jail for repeatedly spanking a junior female sailor in what he claimed was a test of her discipline and obedience.
Lieutenant Commander John Alan Jones, 58, was handed the sentence at a court martial, Australian media reported, after being found guilty a day earlier of seven counts of indecency without consent.
The military court had heard that two of the incidents, which occurred last year while Jones was serving on a supply ship, involved the young female sailor lying across his lap and him smacking her bare buttocks.
Jones told her it was a "test to see how disciplined and compliant you were going to be", in a recording she secretly made during one of their encounters which was played to the court.
He admitted some of the behaviour but denied it was non-consensual or amounted to an indecent act. The young sailor had told the court she was scared of Jones and still had nightmares about the abuse.
Jones was also fined Aus$2,000 ($2,000) on Wednesday for trying to destroy the laptop computer issued to him by the defence forces, which the court heard contained spanking-related pornography.
He has lost his rank and will be dismissed from the Navy once the case has been reviewed.
More at link
And this should be his sentence.
