<p> The Australian military has been rocked by a sex scandal after a 23-year-old soldier was arrested over the alleged rape of a civilian woman at a military college.<br /><br />The soldier has been arrested and charged with raping a 21-year-old woman at Canberra's Royal Military College, Duntroon yesterday.<br /><br />The incident comes just weeks after the military handed down wide-ranging reviews of Defence culture, including how to handle sexual abuse and the treatment of women.<br />Police said the alleged victim contacted them to report that a man known to her had sexually assaulted her before fleeing, the Herald Sun reported.<br /><br />Police later located a man in the grounds of Duntroon and charged him with two counts of sexual intercourse without consent.<br /><br />A Defence spokesman confirmed that a member of the Australian military had been charged with alleged sexual offences.<br /><br />"The Australian Defence Force Investigative Service is assisting the Australian Federal Police in their investigation," he said.<br /><br />The charges come in the wake of the Australian Defence Force Academy so-called 'skype scandal' last year, in which an 18-year-old cadet alleged she had been filmed and broadcast without her knowledge during a consensual sexual encounter.</p>
<p> The Australian military has been rocked by a sex scandal after a 23-year-old soldier was arrested over the alleged rape of a civilian woman at a military college.<br /><br />The soldier has been arrested and charged with raping a 21-year-old woman at Canberra's Royal Military College, Duntroon yesterday.<br /><br />The incident comes just weeks after the military handed down wide-ranging reviews of Defence culture, including how to handle sexual abuse and the treatment of women.<br />Police said the alleged victim contacted them to report that a man known to her had sexually assaulted her before fleeing, the Herald Sun reported.<br /><br />Police later located a man in the grounds of Duntroon and charged him with two counts of sexual intercourse without consent.<br /><br />A Defence spokesman confirmed that a member of the Australian military had been charged with alleged sexual offences.<br /><br />"The Australian Defence Force Investigative Service is assisting the Australian Federal Police in their investigation," he said.<br /><br />The charges come in the wake of the Australian Defence Force Academy so-called 'skype scandal' last year, in which an 18-year-old cadet alleged she had been filmed and broadcast without her knowledge during a consensual sexual encounter.</p>