Yesterday at the court in Catterick, North Yorks, he was given a 20-week jail term, suspended for two years.
Judge Advocate Edward Legard said: “What you did that evening was unconscionable.
“You were a decorated senior officer taking opportunistic advantage of a young female many ranks your subordinate and one who had every right to feel safe and secure in a senior officer’s presence.
“The impact on her cannot be overstated.
“Such was the shock of what you did to her that she became hysterical and was hyperventilating.
“Subsequent to this she has endured feelings of guilt and embarrassment and she fears being painted as the villain as opposed to the victim.”
He was dismissed.
Stephens received the Queen’s Gallantry Medal in 2011 for trying to save comrades from a sinking vehicle in Helmand.
Lt Col Stephens received the Queen’s Gallantry Medal for trying to save colleagues trapped when their armoured vehicle plunged into a 20ft-deep canalStephens claimed he had been so drunk he could not remember the incident – pictured here receiving his bravery medal from the late Queen
Maya Jama has brutally sent one couple packing from the villaITVITVTina and Chuggs have been dumped from the island[/caption]
ITVEkin-Su and Curtis narrowly kept their place in the villa[/caption]
February 10, 2025New York StateComments Off on Britain must cure itself of woke lunacy just as America has refused to indulge or fund it
Woke & broke
WHY is Britain alone refusing to cure itself of woke lunacy?
Other major nations, America most notably, are refusing to indulge or fund it a moment longer.
ReutersBritain must take a leaf out of America’s book and refuse to indulge or fund wokeness a moment longer[/caption]
Here, the on-its-knees NHS wastes resources on a new rainbow badge to include yet more sexual “identities”.
Woke cops won’t collar shoplifters, yet probe a Health Minister sacked for imbecilic remarks online and absurdly declare them a “non-crime hate incident”.
The Government meanwhile vows to make it easier to change gender, via a nod from one doctor.
Hey presto . . . a ticked box makes a man “a woman”.
Keir Starmer’s hire as Attorney General is a hyper-liberal Corbynite clown who has habitually sided against Britain’s interests and even reportedly advised Caribbean chancers how to fleece us of trillions in slavery compo.
In power the Tories did virtually nothing to stop the Left’s woke corrosion of our country and the rot has now set in.
Gen Z was raised in this climate of self-loathing and historical misinformation, systematically indoctrinated by almost universally left-wing teachers and lecturers as celebs and social media influencers parroted the same facile, fabricated guff to stay fashionable.
The Government seems fully signed up.
Is it any wonder if, as a major study claims, young people mostly consider Britain a racist hell-hole they would never fight to defend?
Nice job, “progressives”. It’s all going so well.
Blow them out
GROWTH, for us, trumps Net Zero. National security eclipses both.
We get the Treasury’s desperation for Chinese investment.
But the risk from China supplying turbines for the Greenvolt North Sea wind farm is too great.
It’s not just that they could be used as spying devices, far-fetched as that might sound.
It’s that China could turn them off and leave us in the dark.
Why would the Government “take Putin’s boot off our throat” on energy . . .
February 10, 2025New York StateComments Off on Jamie Sterry plays on through HORROR head injury as Doncaster star sports golf-ball sized lump on face in FA Cup clash
JAMIE STERRY played through against Crystal Palace with a HORROR head injury.
The Doncaster Rovers star was on the pitch against the Premier League outfit in the FA Cup fourth-round clash.
BBCJamie Sterry played with a head injury against Crystal Palace[/caption]
BBCA huge lump could be seen on his head when he was subbed off[/caption]
Sterry, 29, started the match at right-back but was forced off in the closing stages.
The defender could be seen leaving the pitch with a golf-ball-sized lump on his forehead.
He did not seem worried about the issue as he walked off and appeared to be in good spirits.
Sterry was replaced by Tom Nixon as he then received treatment on the swelling.
He had been a regular for Grant McCann’s side this season with 27 appearances in League Two.
The former Newcastle star has put in some brilliant performances, which have seen him rack up six assists.
He was a part of the Magpies squad that won promotion to the Premier League in 2017.
February 10, 2025New York StateComments Off on NHS trust unveils ‘nonsense’ new rainbow Pride badge despite government funding cut
AN NHS trust has developed a new rainbow Pride badge a year after government funding was cut for the previous one.
Guy’s and St Thomas’ in London launched its Progress Pride badge for LBGT+ history month.
Guy’s and St Thomas’ in London has revealed its new rainbow Pride badge, despite trusts being told to concentrate on safety and patient health by Wes StreetingAlamyWes Streeting has blasted wokery in the NHS, warning it to ‘get back to basics’[/caption]
It uses the classic rainbow flag with additions — including a white line for non-binary and a circle for intersex people.
Guy’s trust started the original rainbow badge scheme in 2019 and that later spread nationwide, with the flag plastered on ambulances and pedestrian crossings.
But public funding for it was cut at the start of 2024 under the previous government.
February 10, 2025New York StateComments Off on Four footballers killed by lightning strike as they sheltered under a tree during match
FOUR female footballers were killed by a lightning strike as they sheltered under a tree.
A man who was with them died in hospital while two women also suffered serious burns.
The four women have been named as Jeidy Morales, Daniela Mosquera, Luz Lame and Etelvina Mosquera.
Initial reports said the players hid in a pitchside shed in Cajibio, Colombia.
But government spokesman Lesly Valencia said: “The information I have is that the women were participating in a football tournament when the emergency occurred.
“A lightning bolt struck a tree and that was what caused the death of the four women.”
Tata Velasco, a friend, said: “What sad news. Rest in peace Daniela.”
One local wrote: “What they did was very dangerous. Trees attract lightning bolts.”
It comes as a footballer was killed and five others injured after being hit by lightning during a match in Peru.
GettyFour female footballers were killed by a lightning strike as they sheltered under a tree[/caption]
February 10, 2025New York StateComments Off on Doncaster 0 Crystal Palace 2: Eagles set up FA Cup fifth-round clash vs Millwall as Chilwell finally returns off bench
JUSTIN DEVENNY went from zero to hero for Crystal Palace and ended brave Doncaster Rovers’ FA Cup run.
The Northern Ireland international produced one of the misses of the season only to bounce back and seal the 2-0 win and secure a home tie with Millwall.
GettyJustin Devenny went from zero to hero as he sent Crystal Palace into the FA Cup fifth round[/caption]
ReutersDaniel Munoz got himself on the score sheet early on[/caption]
ReutersBen Chilwell returned to the pitch after months frozen out at Chelsea[/caption]
ReutersIt was a valiant performance at home by Doncaster by the Premier League side made their quality count[/caption]
Daniel Munoz gave the Eagles a first-half advantage before the 21-year-old’s blooper from six yards out with the goal gaping.
Though he showed brilliant composure just moments later to lob home and seal a fifth-round South London derby.
There were 58 places between the Premier League side and the lowest-ranked club left in the competition.
Though it was Oliver Glasner’s men adopting tactics more accustomed to League Two in the early exchanges.
And if you’ve got a weapon like Chris Richards’ long-throw then nobody should be worried what modern day football snobs think.
Three times the American defender hurled it into the box in a row but Teddy Sharman-Lowe managed to clear the danger away from the lurking Jean-Philippe Mateta with a strong punch.
The tin foil cups were out in force around the jam-packed Eco-Power Stadium, and they were being waved with a bit more belief after Donny carved out the first real opportunity.
Good work down the left found veteran Billy Sharp, and he laid it off for on-loan Manchester United winger Ethan Ennis to tamely fire straight at Matt Turner.
Palace continued to have most of the ball but they were finding the defence a tough nut to crack, with every clearance, block or tackle producing a roar from the home crowd.
But for all of that resilience, they eventually came unstuck after being caught out by an impressive set-piece routine – although the unfortunate Sharp was left cursing his luck.
Daichi Kamada looked set to try a curling effort from 25 yards but instead hit it low into the feet of Mateta.
The striker controlled, spun and shot only to see his strike bounce back off the post.
Sharp desperately turned to try and clear, only for the ball to hit his right shin and land perfectly for Munoz to tap home from close-range.
Luke Molyneux, looking to take his Doncaster goal tally to 14 this term, cut in from wide on the right but his thumping strike whizzed narrowly wide.
It could, and should, have been game over moments after half-time but Devenny was left red-faced.
Mateta put it on a plate for him to tap home from six yards out but he got his connection all wrong as his shot nearly went out for a throw.
Joseph Olowu blocked Mateta as Palace’s quickfire start continued but you could feel a second was coming and this time Devenny made no mistake.
Will Hughes delivered a perfect floating pass just over George Broadent’s head that Devenny expertly lobbed past Sharman-Lowe.
Doncaster threw on forward Joe Ironside, who fired Cambridge United to a famous win at Newcastle three years ago, but he could not rekindle any magic although Owen Bailey did force Turner into action late on.
It’s back to the promotion push for Grant McCann’s side with a trip to Grimsby Town on Saturday while Glasner can continue to dream of Wembley.
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