Young women tell BBC of rape, assault and harassment at Army training college for teenagers
Four women have alleged sexual assault and rape at the Army Foundation College in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, when they were 17 years old. The Ministry of Defence reported 176 complaints of inappropriate sexual behaviour at the college between 2018 and 2025, with 32 allegations against permanent staff and 144 against junior soldiers. Police received 16 reports of sexual offences linked to the college in the year to June, but no information on prosecutions has been released.
- ▪Four former trainees said they were sexually assaulted, including one who reported being raped by several fellow junior soldiers.
- ▪The Ministry of Defence recorded 176 complaints of inappropriate sexual behaviour at the college from January 2018 to June 2025.
- ▪North Yorkshire Police logged 16 reports of sexual offences related to the college in the year to June, according to a Freedom of Information request.
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Women tell BBC of rape and abuse at Army teen college<div class="ssrcss-1553su4-ErrorMessage eitf6465"><div class="ssrcss-h7lv7m-StyledInnerContainer eitf6464"><div class="ssrcss-nbxsk2-TextContent eitf6461"><h2 type="normal" class="ssrcss-89o2pv-Heading e10rt3ze0">To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.</h2><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">This video can not be played</p></div></div></div>Figure caption, Watch: "It went on for hours, I felt like a piece of meat" - female Harrogate recruits speak to BBCBySima KotechaSenior UK correspondentPublished5 minutes agoWarning: This article contains sexual language and details of sexual assaultFour young women have told the BBC they were sexually assaulted and harassed at an army training college for…
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