Female clarinettist in Coldstream Guards groped six colleagues at parties including after King's Coronation
Lance Corporal Caitlyn Hawkins squeezed a male soldier's privates while staggering back from a pub, a court heard.
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Lance Corporal Caitlyn Hawkins groped six colleagues at parties after the King's Coronation and other state ceremonies
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And she told a female: 'It's annoying that you are straight and this attractive — do you not want to try it?', before putting her hands on her victim's breasts.
Col Jim Carmichael, prosecuting, told Bulford military court that all the victims were in Army bands with Hawkins, 26, who once appeared on TV playing songs for
The court heard that while heavily intoxicated from drinking at a London pub, she groped a colleague's privates and touched his buttocks.
She then grabbed another soldier without consent.
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On that same night, she undid a female colleague's bra over her clothing after trying to touch her breasts.
The court martial heard of other incidents involving three females.
Chris Cannon, mitigating, said Hawkins had now sought mental health help and cut down her drinking.
She admitted seven sexual assaults and two disgraceful conduct charges.
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She got an 18-month suspended sentence, with 240 hours of unpaid work, and was dismissed from the Army.
Judge John Atwill said: 'You probably would have had a very successful career as an Army musician.
Woman in her 30s sexually assaulted outside Tube station during early hours sparking urgent manhunt
"You have thrown all of that away.'
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Hawkins admitted seven sexual assaults and two disgraceful conduct charges
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