A drunken Navy chief has been fined for groping a female recruit.
Petty Officer Lee O'Donnell drunkenly stared at the woman's chest, telling her she was 'fit' before saying he would like to put her in a handstand and lick her 'up and down' and also placed his hand on her leg.
The married sailor's 'crude' behaviour left his alleged victim questioning whether the Navy was the 'right place' for her, a court martial was told.
He was found guilty of sexual assault after a trial last month and has now been sentenced to community service consisting of 80 hours of unpaid work and attend 50 days of 'rehabilitation activity'.
PO O'Donnell - who has since left the Navy - was also told to pay his victim £500 in compensation.
he hearing in November was told the incident occurred when PO O'Donnell was working as an instructor on an aircraft engineering course at HMS Sultan in Gosport, Hants.
Bulford Military Court, Wiltshire, heard that following a series of messages in the course WhatsApp group, PO O'Donnell had arranged to meet up with some of his pupils at the navy base's Gearbox Bar.
The Petty Officer turned up to the bar already 'pissed' and sat around a table on an L-shaped sofa with his alleged victim and the rest of the group, the court heard.
He had already drunk three bottles of wine at a 'cheese and wine' event with a colleague before drinking cider and shots of tequila in the bar, the board was told.
Petty Officer O'Donnell was sat around a table with five sailors when he groped the woman.
The court heard the course had an 'inside joke' about people staring at the woman's nipples after another sailor was caught doing so within two weeks of her starting in the Navy.
Whilst at the table O'Donnell looked at the woman's chest himself and said "I can see why (he) was looking at your nipples," the court heard.
Major James Eveleigh, prosecuting said: "[PO O'Donnell] stared at her chest and made a comment about her nipples. He placed his hand on her right leg and moved it up towards her groin.
"His hand was slapped away [by the woman,] but he put it back and began to squeeze her leg. [He then] invited the party to admire how 'fit' she was, and made crude comments about her [in front of the group.
"He invited her to take him back to his cabin."
In a police interview recording shown to the court, the female sailor, who cannot be named for legal reasons, said: "His left hand with his wedding ring on, went on my leg.
"He started feeling up my leg. He got everyone to look at me and said 'she's so f*****g fit.'
"He said he wanted to bend me over the counter and split me open like a can of beans. He also said he wanted to put me in a handstand and lick me up and down.
"I did get a bit scared. I started thinking, is the Navy right for me?"
The court heard the following day O'Donnell instructed a class with the group,
'Hungover' O'Donnell then told students he had vomited red wine everywhere in his cabin
After the incident had been reported to police, O'Donnell was interviewed and charged.
The court heard he told service police he could not remember anything about the night.
After a two-day trial Petty officer O'Donnell was found guilty of one charge of sexual assault.
