Royal Navy sailor gave birth after being 'drugged and raped' by a soldier, court papers show
A Royal Navy sailor gave birth to a girl after she was allegedly drugged and raped by a soldier at an Army barracks in Gibraltar.
The 42-year-old claimed she was attacked by a private who spiked her drink. She alleged that she passed out and was raped after being given a “shot” of what she thought was rum at Devil’s Tower Camp.
The sailor, who cannot be named, claimed she was “made to feel like a criminal” when she reported the incident. She quit just two months before she became eligible for her pension.
The woman’s attempt to sue the MoD for damages was initially struck out at the High Court but she was given the go-ahead to sue following an appeal.
She said: “I didn’t think anybody would believe me that this man had raped me and then I found out I was pregnant as a result. I just wanted to move on and keep what happened to myself, but then the attack started affecting me psychologically.
“When I told my superiors in the Navy they acted like I was making it up so I didn’t have to go back to sea ... they made me feel like a criminal.”
No action was taken against the soldier because prosecutors ruled that the alleged attack on the British territory was not covered by English law. The woman did not report the alleged 2012 attack until after her daughter’s birth.
The MoD said it would not comment as litigation was continuing.
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