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Article: Sex charge casts a shadow on Wills's Navy drug mission; Under arrest: Petty Officer Steven Wilson outside court HMS Iron Duke: Its crew has a reputation for working and playing hard.
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- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- June 23, 2008
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Byline: Neil Sears
PRINCE William is due to join the crew within days.
But the royal recruit could find the atmosphere on HMS Iron Duke, oncedescribed as a 'party boat', a little more sombre than expected.
One of the crew has been thrown in jail on a charge of indecent assault whileon shore leave in Barbados.
Petty Officer Steven Wilson, 31, is due in court today, accused of slapping andfondling a married woman's bottom at a 'rowdy' crew outing to watch a cricketmatch between Australia and the West Indies in the capital, Bridgetown.
Senior officers are said to be furious at the attention the incident hasbrought on the Navy ...