Signaller Ryan Pell subjected the frightened 17-year-old to a never-ending ordeal at Blanford Camp, Dorset, refusing to take no for an answer and continually ignoring her pleas for him to stop.
Royal Welsh Fusilier Alexander Garms-Rizzi, 21, was deployed to Estonia for NATO's Operation Cabrit when he went AWOL for six months, joining the war in Ukraine
A British soldier who went AWOL for six months to fight in Ukraine has been jailed after his actions risked dragging Britain into the war. Royal Welsh Fusilier Alexander Garms-Rizzi.
Royal Welsh Fusilier Alexander Garms-Rizzi (wearing a mask), whose mother is Russian, was deployed to Estonia in 2022 but he absconded from the British Army in order to fight for Ukraine.