Woman raped by soldier who followed her home after meeting at neighbour’s barbecue

A soldier who raped a young mum he met at a neighbour’s barbecue before following her home made a sick comment before the attack.

Woman raped by soldier who said her outfit was ‘invitation’. Picture: HotSpot Media

A mum-of-one has revealed how she was raped by a soldier after he followed her home from a barbecue after saying the outfit she’d worn was an “invitation”.

Georgia Hinton, 26, was sexually assaulted by Serupepeli Niubasaga, 41, after he followed her home from a neighbour’s gathering in May 2018.

The horror attack occurred at the Duke of Gloucester barracks where Georgia lived with her now ex-wife, a postal and courier operator in the British Army.

During the attack, Niubasaga – who is originally from Fiji – told her the way she dressed would attract the “the wrong attention” in his home country.

Niubasaga was jailed for seven years in July 2020, but Georgia is now bravely waiving her right to anonymity in a bid to raise awareness of sexual abuse in the Army.

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Georgia Hinton was raped by a soldier who said her outfit was ‘invitation’. Picture: HotSpot Media

Georgia moved to the barracks in 2017 with her wife and her then three-year-old daughter from a previous relationship.

“I soon met all of the Army wives and settled in,” Georgia said. “My daughter joined the nursery there and she made plenty of friends too.

“But as time went on, I began feeling quite isolated from the world.”

In May 2018, Georgia dropped her daughter off at a neighbour’s house for a play date.

When she picked her up, the neighbours said they were having a barbecue and invited Georgia in.

Soon after, she spotted soldier, Niubasaga.

“I recognised him,” she said. “He was the dad of one of my daughter’s friend’s.

“I’d seen him at the nursery and supermarket before, but we’d never spoken.”

Georgia said he came over to start chatting to her and she “immediately felt on edge”.

“As we were chatting, he stared at my body. I realised he was a creep.”

Georgia made her excuses to get away, tell Niubasaga she needed to go and top up her drink.

“But Niubasaga stepped in front of me, blocking my way.

“He kept saying ‘Where are you going?’ and ‘Stay longer.’

“I sternly told him ‘No’, before joining my friends.”

But during the rest of the night, Georgia said she felt Niubasaga’s eyes on her.

When her daughter fell asleep, Georgia said goodnight to everyone and carried her home.

“I walked upstairs and tucked her into bed,” she explained.

“Suddenly, I heard a creak a behind me.

“I turned around and saw Niubasaga stood in the middle of the bedroom.

“My heart stopped.

“I realised he must’ve followed us home.”

Serupepeli Niubasaga, from Fiji, was sentenced to seven years for the attack in the UK. Picture: HotSpot Media

Ignoring Georgia, Niubasaga walked up to her daughter’s bed and knelt down.

“He whispered ‘Go to sleep’ and ‘Be a good girl for your mummy’,” she said.

“My little girl nodded, before drifting off.”

Petrified he would hurt her daughter, Georgia calmly walked downstairs, where she sat on the sofa in silence.

Niubasaga followed, then proceeded to kneel down in front of her and said: “You need to listen to me, the way you dress in my country would attract the wrong attention.”

“Men will take the way you look as an invitation.”

As he said this Georgia said he fondled her breasts, leaving her “wanting to scream” but she couldn’t in case she woke her daughter.

She said she “quietly sobbed” as Niubasaga raped her.

Afterwards, he left the house without saying a word.

“I collapsed into a heap on the floor.

“Eventually I managed to ring a friend for help.

“I was hysterical.”

Three hours later, the police and Army welfare arrived.

The next day, Niubasaga was arrested.

“Army welfare kept saying how Niubasaga was innocent until proven guilty,” she said.

“I was horrified that they were defending him.”

The next week, Georgia and her daughter moved 320kms away to live with Georgia’s family in Lowestoft, Suffolk.

But despite getting away, she suffered “horrible flashbacks”.

Georgia suffered ‘horrible flashbacks’ after the attack. Picture: HotSpot Media

The following year, in October 2019, the trial arrived but it was a hung jury.

Finally, in July 2020, Serupepeli Niubusaga, 41, of Aaron Road, South Cerney, was found guilty of one count of sexual assault and one count of rape against Georgia at Bristol Crown Court.

He was jailed for seven years.

“I went through hell during the two trials,” Georgia said.

“Sadly, not many women have got justice like me though.

“More needs to be more done for sexual assault victims in the Army.”