美國准將性侵5女性稱「我是將軍想幹什麼就幹什麼」

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美國准將性侵5女性稱「我是將軍想幹什麼就幹什麼」

2012年11月07日 01:25
來源：鄭州晚報

原標題：「我是將軍,想幹啥幹啥」

美國軍方檢察官指控陸軍准將傑弗里·辛克萊性侵犯5名女性，包括4名下屬和1名平民。這一案件5日舉行初步聽證會。聽證會在位於美國北卡羅來納州布拉格堡陸軍基地舉行。這裡是美軍第82空降師駐地。

辛克萊面臨的指控罪名包括雞姦、不當性行為、違反軍令、發生不正當關係、濫用政府旅行信用卡以及派駐期間持有黃色圖片和酒類。

檢方指控辛克萊2007年至2012年在伊拉克、阿富汗、德國和其他地方性侵5名女性，包括兩名女上尉、一名女少校和布拉格堡基地一名女性。作案地點包括停車場、他在阿富汗的辦公室、一家賓館的陽台以及飛機上。

按照檢方說法，辛克萊要求這些女性向他發送裸照和視頻；經常以言語侮辱女性，而且振振有詞，「我是將軍，想幹什麼就幹什麼」。檢方舉例，辛克萊曾以一名受侵害女性的事業及其家人的性命相威脅，警告她不要告發。

辛克萊的醜行當天首次公之於眾。一些官員說，聽證預計將持續至少兩天。

然而，辛克萊的辯護律師拿軍方調查人員和檢方獲得的超過1.6萬封電子郵件「說事」，要求聽證官駁回指控或更換調查人員和檢察官。

律師傑基·湯普森中校稱，這些電子郵件是辛克萊與律師之間的機密信息，檢方用作證據屬侵犯辛克萊的權利。

聽證官當天上午休庭，以便與法律顧問磋商、重審這些文件。聽證定於5日下午繼續。

辛克萊現年50歲，已婚，參軍27年，傘兵出身，曾三次派駐阿富汗、兩次駐伊拉克，參加過海灣戰爭。他2010年7月被任命為分管駐阿富汗第82空降師後勤和支援的副司令，2001年9月抵達阿富汗任職，今年5月因涉嫌性侵調回國，安排擔任第18空降軍軍長的特別顧問。

檢方今年9月對辛克萊提出指控，但他一直沒有遭逮捕。

這一初步聽證類似民事法庭的大陪審團制度。檢方提出指控辛克萊的證據，辯護律師可詢問證人。聽證結束，然後決定案件是否交由軍事法庭審理。如果罪名成立，辛克萊面臨的最重懲罰是開除軍籍、終身監禁。然而，美國軍方法院系統中沒有最低懲罰標準或量刑指南，意味著他即便被判定有罪，可能仍不會受到懲罰。一些了解軍方司法體系的專家推斷，他不太可能會被判處長時間監禁。據《羊城晚報》

By Mail Online
U.S. Army General who 'had forced sex and inappropriate relationships with female soldiers' in Afghanistan flown home in disgrace

Jeffrey Sinclair returned to Fort Bragg after being posted with Airborne Division in 2010
Sinclair has been in the Army for 27 years and served in first Gulf War
Charges include possessing pornography and alcohol while deployed

By Daily Mail Reporter

PUBLISHED: 19:12 GMT, 26 September 2012 | UPDATED: 22:56 GMT, 26 September 2012

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An Army brigadier general has been charged with forcible sodomy, multiple counts of adultery and having inappropriate relationships with several female subordinates, two U.S. defense officials said today.

Jeffrey A Sinclair, who served as deputy commander in charge of logistics and support for the 82nd Airborne Division in Afghanistan, was sent home in May because of the allegations.

Sinclair faces possible courts martial on charges that include forced sex, wrongful sexual conduct, violating an order, possessing pornography and alcohol while deployed, and misusing a government travel charge card and filing fraudulent claims.

Shroud of secrecy: Brigadier General Jeffrey A Sinclair has been charged with forcible sodomy of female subordinates and was sent home from Afghanistan to Fort Bragg, North Carolina in May

Shroud of secrecy: Brigadier General Jeffrey A Sinclair has been charged with forcible sodomy of female subordinates and was sent home from Afghanistan to Fort Bragg, North Carolina in May

Sinclair was informed of the charges on Monday, and the next step will be an Article 32 investigation - an impartial investigation before he maybe referred to a general court martial.

The charges were announced at a brief press conference on Wednesday at Fort Bragg, the sprawling U.S. Army base in North Carolina that is home to the 82nd Airborne.

After reading a prepared statement, base spokesman Col. Kevin Arata refused to take any questions.

Reporters were told all questions would have to be made in writing and that no response was likely to come until the following day.

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No date has been set for the public hearing. It was not clear if Sinclair had an attorney.

The charges are under the military legal system called the Uniform Code of Military Justices.

The term 'forcible sodomy' is defined as contact between a sex organ and any part of another person』s body.

'It's a fall back charge,' a military lawyer who asked to remain anonymous and is unfamiliar with the particulars of Sinclair』s case told Fox News.

He added that when rape would be difficult to prove lawyers often opt for the 'forcible sodomy' charge.

Sinclair had arrived in Afghanistan for his deployment in September 2011, but had been serving in the division since July 2010.

Sinclair, a trained paratrooper who has been in the Army for 27 years, was serving his third deployment to Afghanistan.

He had also served two tours in Iraq, as well as a tour in the first Gulf war. He has been decorated in battle including with the Bronze Star Medal.

Sinclair was recruited through the Reserve Officers' Training Corps in 1985 from the University of West Virginia.

He has a bachelor』s degree in political science from the school along with a master』s from Central Michigan University and a master』s in National Security and Strategic Studies from the Naval War College.
Deployment: Members of the military at NATO's Regional Command in Kandahar, Afghanistan where Sinclair had been posted since 2010

Deployment: Members of the military at NATO's Regional Command in Kandahar, Afghanistan where Sinclair had been posted since 2010

The 82nd Airborne Division headquarters are in charge of NATO's Regional Command South in Kandahar province, Afghanistan.

Details have only begun to emerge about the scandal with little information available about the time frame of the charges against Sinclair.

Fort Bragg spokesman Ben Abel confirmed it was a 'criminal investigation', according to The Fayetteville Observer.

Sinclair was reassigned to the U.S army base in May as special assistant to the commanding general of the 18th Airborne Corps and Fort Bragg.

It is highly unusual for a senior member of the armed forces to be removed from their position, investigated and face a court martial. There have been only two cases in recent years.

Earlier this year, Army Brig. Gen. Roger Duff pleaded guilty to charges of conduct unbecoming an officer, wearing unauthorized awards or ribbons and making a false official statement.

He was sentenced to two months confinement and dismissal from the military. Under a pre-trial agreement, only the dismissal may be imposed. The case is still pending, said Army spokesman George Wright.

Prior to that, Maj. Gen. David Hale pleaded guilty to seven counts of conduct unbecoming an officer and one count of making a false statement, also in connection with adultery.

He was fined $10,000 and was ordered to retire at the reduced rank of brigadier general, Wright said.