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An Army Sergeant has been jailed for stripping off and 'gyrating' at a female colleague after drinking a huge boot of booze during a leaving party tradition.
Staff Sergeant Samuel Haseltine, 32, was 'completely and utterly drunk' after necking the two-litre stein from the giant glass in one during a bash thrown for him.
The 'lewd' soldier took his clothes off and approached the woman, who was sober and the only female solider at the party.
He walked up behind her as she was sat on a sofa and began to 'gyrate' his genitals next to her right shoulder just 'inches from her face'.
Married SSgt Haseltine, of 4 Regiment Royal Logistic Corps, apologised to the woman the following day after colleagues told him he had 'overstepped the line'.
SSgt Haseltine served in the army for nearly 15 years, boasts several medals of honour and has served one tour in Afghanistan.
He narrowly avoided a reduction in rank despite being jailed, and was allowed to complete an 18-month course that earned him the rank of Staff Sergeant before the hearing.
The soldier admitted one charge of disgraceful conduct and was said to be 'full of guilt' towards his 'humiliated' colleague at the Military Corrective Training Centre (MCTC) in Colchester, Essex.
Staff Sergeant Samuel Haseltine, 32, has been jailed for six months over his 'lewd' actions towards a female solider at his own leaving do. He was described by his victim as being 'completely and utterly' drunk
The married father had downed a huge boot of alcohol, as part of a leaving bash tradition, just before stripping off and 'gyrating' at his colleague who was sitting on a sofa at the base in Suffolk
But Judge Advocate Edward Legard told the disgraced officer his actions would 'not be tolerated' in the Army and jailed him for six months for his 'appalling' actions.
Judge Legard said: 'The behaviour that forms the basis of this charge represents an appalling example of gross misconduct.
'Let me make this absolutely clear: such behaviour should not and will not be tolerated in Her Majesty's Army.
'Moreover, incidents of this nature can cause serious reputational damage to the Armed Forces.'
Bulford Military Court, in Wilts, heard that the incident happened when SSgt Haseltine's unit threw him a 'leaving do' before he enrolled on the course which took him from the rank of Corporal to that of Staff Sergeant.
He completed the course ahead of the court martial hearing, and risked a reduction in rank as a result.
The group of soldiers attended the leaving party at the unit bar of Rock Barracks at MoD Woodbridge in Suffolk - including senior officers and his commanding officer.
The hearing was told his unit employ a tradition that those departing have to stand on a chair and drink a giant, two-litre 'glass
