Army lance corporal, 31, thrust his face into female soldier’s lap and ‘motorboated’ her at fancy dress party while dressed as video game character Luigi, court hears
- Lance Corporal Daniel Monk, 31, cleared of sexually assaulting a female soldier
- He had attended a fancy dress party in Andover, Hants dressed as plumber Luigi
- Bulford Military Court debated for 15 minutes before finding soldier not guilty
A British Army lance corporal who was accused of thrusting his face into a female soldier’s lap before ‘motorboating’ her was today cleared in court.
Lance Corporal Daniel Monk, 31, was wearing a bright green outfit and comedy stick-on moustache when it was claimed he carried out the drunken act on a woman at a social club in Andover, Hampshire.
The woman had claimed he also put his arm around her and kissed her before the alleged assault outside Ludgershall Sports and Social Club.
LCpl Monk had denied all allegations. He let out a sigh of relief and wept with joy as he heard he had been cleared of sexual assault at Bulford Military Court.
The board spent just 15 minutes deliberating before delivering a unanimous verdict of not guilty on Friday.
Lance Corporal Daniel Monk, 31, was today cleared in court of sexually assaulting a woman wihle dressed as video game character Luigi while at a social club in Andover, Hampshire
The alleged victim, who cannot be named for legal reasons, said he also put his arm around her and kissed her before the alleged assault outside Ludgershall Sports and Social Club (above)
Bulford Military Court heard there were more than 50 people enjoying the evening when LCpl Monk was alleged to have sexually assaulted the woman.
LCpl Monk was dressed as video game character Luigi, Mario’s brother, in a green costume finished off with a thick, black moustache.
The woman had claimed LCpl Monk had carried out the lewd act after drinking so much he was staggering and ‘speaking gibberish’.
Bulford Military Court’s board spent just 15 minutes deliberating before delivering a unanimous verdict of not guilty
LCpl Monk told the court he had had between 10 and 12 drinks over the evening which left him ‘tipsy’ and ‘drunk towards the end of the night’, but ‘not in the state [she] described me in’.
He said he put one drunk Sapper in a minibus home and claimed if he had been in a similar state he would have been dealt with in the same way.
He said the next day he saw the female soldier in passing and asked how her evening was, to which she nodded and said she had had a ‘good night’.
LCpl Monk was cleared of one count of sexual assault by touching at Bulford Military Court.
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