RAF chief cleared of sex assault after boozy kiss

AN RAF Nato chief was warned by a judge to "tread carefully" around alcohol, after being cleared of sexually assaulting a high-ranking woman colleague more than 20 years his junior at a fancy dress disco.

- Paul Jeeves

Highly decorated Wing Commander Jolyon Goodwin, a top British officer in the international defence alliance, claimed he had "misread her values" when he kissed the Scandinavian woman on the lips.

He told a court martial the incident had been an "honest mistake".

The hearing in Sennelager, Germany, was told the woman reacted angrily and said married Goodwin "stuck his tongue in her mouth" at the 1980s and 90s-themed summer party.

She told the court she had been the "plus one" of another RAF officer at the disco, held near Allied Air Command HQ at Ramstein air base, south-west Germany last July.