- Air Specialist Jayon McKenzie went out ingesting with the alleged sufferer, aged 24
- Court heard he admits incident happened however alleges he was asleep at time
An RAF serviceman who drunkenly groped a male colleague has denied sexually assaulting him and claimed he was asleep and affected by ‘automatism’ on the time.
Air Specialist Jayon McKenzie is accused of molesting a 24-year-old in a resort room after an evening of ingesting collectively in Ayia Napa to have fun a birthday.
A court docket martial heard McKenzie thought the assault inflicted by him was a dream till he acquired a message from his alleged sufferer the next morning that stated: ‘I do know what you probably did’.
Despite admitting that the incident did happen, the technician was ‘adamant’ he did so unconsciously and stated he has not ‘been in a position to course of any of it’.
Instead, McKenzie insists he was ‘not conscious’ of his actions as a result of he was ‘actively asleep’.
The air power man has denied the sexual assault and claimed he suffered from ‘automatism’ as his defence, which is the place somebody is just not conscious of their actions.
Air Specialist Jayon McKenzie is accused of molesting the 24-year-old in a resort room after an evening of ingesting collectively in Ayia Napa to have fun a birthday
The court docket heard when McKenzie noticed his sufferer had woken, he whispered ‘for f*** sake’ and ‘rolled again onto his aspect’
Bulford Military Court, Wiltshire, heard McKenzie was serving within the RAF Akrotiri base in Cyprus when he and a bunch of colleagues, together with the alleged sufferer, determined to go ingesting within the resort to have fun his birthday.
The group booked a resort and it was heard at round 4 within the morning, the sufferer – who can’t be named for authorized causes – fell asleep in a single mattress in the identical room as AS McKenzie.
Prosecuting, William Peters, stated: ‘[The victim] went to sleep on prime of the sheets.
‘The subsequent factor he recollects is his telephone going off and discovering the defendant had rolled over onto his mattress.’
Mr Peters stated the sufferer had ‘awoken’ to the noise at round 5.00am and located ‘the defendant was masturbating him’.
The court docket heard when McKenzie noticed his sufferer had woken, he whispered ‘for f*** sake’ and ‘rolled again onto his aspect’.
The prosecutor added: ‘[The victim] did his trousers up, bought up and left the room.
‘He advised a few of the others what had occurred and despatched AS McKenzie a message saying ‘I do know what you probably did’.’
The following day, the sufferer met with McKenzie and ‘advised him what he did was not acceptable’.
During a service police interview quickly after the incident, the sufferer stated the technician was ‘adamant that he did not know who I used to be and he wasn’t conscious of what he was doing’.
He added: ‘He stated that I used to be only a physique. He did not see me as me and apparently I used to be only a physique.’
It was heard that after the dialog, the boys ‘returned to camp’ and ‘that was the final time they spoke’.
Upon returning, AS McKenzie confided in a colleague about what occurred, telling her it ‘felt like a dream’.
Opening the case, Mr Peters advised the court docket that AS McKenzie admits the incident did happen however alleges he was asleep on the time.
He stated: ‘AS McKenzie doesn’t deny that this occurred however his case is that he was not conscious of what was was doing as a result of he was actively asleep, or in the same state.’
McKenzie has denied sexual assault and claimed he suffered from ‘automatism’ as his defence, which is the place somebody is just not conscious of their actions
Bulford Military Court, Wiltshire, (pictured) heard McKenzie was serving within the RAF Akrotiri base in Cyprus when he and a bunch of colleagues, together with the alleged sufferer, determined to go ingesting
After the incident, the technician wrote a letter to the alleged sufferer apologising for what occurred.
He said: ‘I can by no means forgive myself for what I’ve executed.’
The prosecution accepted that AS McKenzie had a historical past of PTSD referring to different occasions.
The letter continued: ‘I bear in mind simply earlier than you got here into the room I felt scared.
‘If you didn’t message me I’d have thought it was a f***ed up dream.
‘None of that is an excuse, I simply need you to know. I’ve not been in a position to course of any of it. I’m sorry.’
Giving proof in court docket, the alleged sufferer stated AS McKenzie should have been conscious of what he was doing as a result of he stated ‘for f*** sake’.
He advised the court docket he stated it ‘as if he had been caught within the act’.
AS McKenzie now not serves on the RAF Akrotiri base and has pleaded not responsible to 1 cost of sexual assault by automatism.
The trial continues.