American Marine arrested over alleged assault and rape in Palmerston
A United States marine has been arrested by Northern Territory Police and charged with assault and rape.
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An American Marine has been arrested and charged after allegedly raping a woman in Palmerston, near Darwin in the Northern Territory.
A US Defence Force spokesman confirmed a 20-year-old Marine was arrested by NT Police and charged with aggravated assault and sexual intercourse without consent.
A NT Police spokeswoman said the 20-year-old’s arrest on Monday, September 18, was in relation to an alleged incident in Palmerston that same day.
She said the American was granted bail to appear in Darwin Local Court at a later date.
The US Defence Force spokesman said the organisation was assisting NT Police in their investigation.
“(The US Defence Force) does not tolerate this kind of behavior and is committed to enforcing high standards of good order and discipline, and upholding justice and the rule of law,” he said.
It is understood that all Marines at the Robertson Barracks are unable to leave or allow visitors on base, with the US Defence Force spokesman saying there was a “restricted liberty status” at the base.
The Americans were due to leave Darwin in October following the grim end to the Predators Run Exercise, in which three Marines were killed in an Osprey crash over the Tiwi Islands.
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