The RAF sparked fury yesterday after smearing a victim of the Red Arrows sex abuse scandal.
The service attacked the woman’s credibility with a personal slur as well as branding her account ‘false and defamatory’, despite the findings of a formal inquiry which accepted her horrific experiences.
In an astonishing attack on the woman’s character, a senior RAF officer – speaking in an official capacity – suggested her claims could have been caused by ‘angst’ following a relationship with another serving officer.
The officer also insisted she had never complained about misconduct to her superiors, despite compelling evidence obtained by the Daily Mail indicating that she did.
The extraordinary remarks angered critics, who branded the RAF’s handling of the scandal ‘deeply disturbing’.
Flight Lieutenant Will Cambridge (pictured) has been sacked for severe misconduct after a sex abuse victim spoke out
Emma Norton, director of the Centre for Military Justice, said: ‘It is time for the RAF to decide whether it stands by its official position of zero tolerance for sexual harassment, or worse, in the workplace – or whether it is going to continue to undermine and denigrate the brave women and men who try to report and address these behaviours. It cannot do both.’
The shocking attack on the sex abuse victim came after the Red Arrows, based at RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire, have been hit by the biggest scandal in their 58-year history.
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