An Air Force trainee has opened up about how he was allegedly tortured and indecently assaulted in the common room of a barracks.
Disturbing video of the attack shows Alister French on the floor at Latchford Barracks near Wodonga, Victoria, with his hands, feet, head, and mouth heavily duct-taped.
An older airman allegedly hits and chokes Mr French, then throws chili powder in his eyes, tries to set his hair alight, pours hot water from a kettle on his face and pushes his exposed penis against the trainee's head.
The alleged attacker, who is serving member in the ADF, also takes a phone call, telling the person on the other end: 'I've got to go, I'm torturing Frenchy.'
In the vision shown on 7.30 Report last night, Alister French, a trainee in the Air Force, is seen with his hands, feet, head and mouth heavily duct-taped while sitting on the floor of a common room at Latchford Barracks near Wodonga, Victoria
Mr French said the alleged attack last year, which lasted up to 45 minutes, began as a joke he consented to - but quickly escalated.
'I allowed them to tie my hands and my feet, but it escalated very quickly into me being fully restrained,' he said.
'I was quite sacred and fearful for my life. It's still very difficult for myself to go over that night.
'Look at the footage. I still to this day have nightmares and night terrors of the incident happening.'
Mr French's mother Lisa said
