Soliders not guilty

Two soldiers accused of sexually violating a woman by intimidating her into having a threesome have been found not guilty on all charges, after a jury reached its verdict this afternoon.

The trial for Keith Williams Cook and Michael Issac Galvin began on Monday in the Whanganui District Court before Judge David Cameron and a jury of eight women and four men.

Both defendants pleaded not guilty to three charges of sexual violation and three charges of indecent assault for the alleged offending following an Oktoberfest party at the Waiouru Army base on October 5, 2012.