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| UK soldier jailed for rape of six-year-old girl in Austria | UK soldier jailed for rape of six-year-old girl in Austria |
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| A British soldier has been sentenced to nine years in prison for raping a six-year-old girl in Austria. | A British soldier has been sentenced to nine years in prison for raping a six-year-old girl in Austria. |
| Michael Sturmey, 30, was arrested on 29 November last year in the town of Neustift, in the Tyrol province, where he had been attending an army camp. | |
| Sturmey, from Colchester Garrison, admitted entering the girl's unlocked family home while drunk and raping her, a court spokesman in Innsbruck said. | |
| An MoD spokesman said an application would be made to discharge the soldier. | An MoD spokesman said an application would be made to discharge the soldier. |
| Sturmey's lawyers said he planned to appeal against the sentence. | |
| The soldier had been found in the girl's bedroom, by her father who had been awoken by the noise, prosecutors in Austria said. | The soldier had been found in the girl's bedroom, by her father who had been awoken by the noise, prosecutors in Austria said. |
| Police arrested the man in front of the victim's house. | Police arrested the man in front of the victim's house. |
| "We can confirm that a British soldier has been convicted in Austria of the rape of a minor and assault of a state authority and sentenced to nine years' imprisonment," the MoD spokesman said. | "We can confirm that a British soldier has been convicted in Austria of the rape of a minor and assault of a state authority and sentenced to nine years' imprisonment," the MoD spokesman said. |
| "In line with normal procedure when a soldier is sentenced to imprisonment, an application will be made for his discharge from the Army." | "In line with normal procedure when a soldier is sentenced to imprisonment, an application will be made for his discharge from the Army." |
| Colchester Garrison would not confirm the soldier's name. | Colchester Garrison would not confirm the soldier's name. |
| "We are not prepared to release any personal information about this individual," a statement said. | "We are not prepared to release any personal information about this individual," a statement said. |
| "We have a common law and Data Protection Act duty to protect the personal information of our employees and there is no good reason to release personal information in this case." | "We have a common law and Data Protection Act duty to protect the personal information of our employees and there is no good reason to release personal information in this case." |
| Correction 24 July 2015: This story has been amended to change the name of the defendant, which was supplied incorrectly by a news agency. |