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A British Army instructor was secretly recorded admitting a female colleague had told him 'no' moments before he allegedly raped her, a court martial heard.
Private Omar Archibald, 24, admitted he had sex with the woman in her bedroom in Yorkshire but denies her claims that she was so drunk she only remembers not wanting to sleep with him, a military court heard.
The hearing was told Pt Archibald 'pestered' the female soldier who he had 'fancied for some time' to join him during a drink-fuelled evening on base.
But after initially rebuffing his advances, and drinking Gordon's pink gin, Apple Sourz, Smirnoff vodka and beer, she told the 24 year old which room she was in during the early hours of the following morning.
He then came and sat on her bed, removed her clothes and started having sex with her, the woman claims.
She told the court she could remember saying 'no' and could not remember how they then had sex due to how drunk she was at the time.
The court also heard a recording in which the soldier admitted his colleague had said 'no' when he tried to have sex with her.
Private Omar Archibald had sex with the woman in her bedroom in Yorkshire when she was so drunk she can only remember not wanting to sleep with him, Bulford Military Court (pictured) heard
Graham Coombes, prosecuting, said Pt Archibald knew the female soldier through his work as a physical training instructor at the garrison in Catterick, North Yorkshire.
He told Bulford Military Court in Wiltshire: 'Sometime after 7.30am she was raped by the accused in her single living accommodation.
'Due to her heavily intoxicated state, she was either too drunk to consent or was so vulnerable due to her state of intoxication at the time the accused couldn't reasonably believe she was consenting.'
The court heard how the female soldier had been drinking from 7pm until 6am and had consumed large amounts of alcohol.
Mr Coombes added: 'For reasons unclear, but most likely due to how heavily intoxicated she was, when he messaged her [at 7am] asking what room number she was in so he could pop round she messaged back with her room number.
'She will say by this time she was very drunk and just wanted to go to sleep.
'Her memory
