Four Hampshire sailors are due in court today charged with sexual assault following an incident in Canada.
The four are members of the Royal Navy ice hockey team based in Gosport.
As reported by the Daily Echo, Craig Stoner, 24, from Stonehouse, Darren Smalley, 35, from Gosport, Joshua Finbow, 23, from Stockbridge, and Simon Radford, 31, from Lower Gosport, were each charged with one count of sexual assault by the Canadian Forces National Investigation Service (CFNIS).
It has been reported that the men were charged for their role in a “group sexual assault” in barracks in Shearwater, Nova Scotia.
The Ministry of Defence said the four Royal Navy members have appeared in court charged with sexual assault under the Criminal Code of Canada 272.
Prosecutor Scott Morrison said the British sailors were in Nova Scotia playing in a hockey tournament with Canadian Armed Forces.
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