Royal Navy submariner who groped colleague at Faslane jailed for sex attacks
Jack Seviour assaulted a woman at the base in Helensburgh while on bail for another sex attack
A Royal Navy submariner who groped a colleague at Faslane while on bail for another sex attack has been jailed today for two years.
Jack Seviour preyed on the woman at accommodation at the naval base in Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute, on March 23 2023.
He placed his had underneath the top half of her clothing and groped her.
The 25-year-old later tried to place his hand inside her lower clothing which made the woman "freeze."
Seviour also committed sex attacks on two other women between January 2022 and February 2023.
He was claimed to have recorded one of the attacks on his mobile and later described his actions as 'rapey'.
A satisfactory punishment
Seviour was able to carry on working for the Royal Navy despite being bailed for one of the attacks before striking again at Faslane.
Seviour was found guilty at Glasgow Sheriff Court of three sexual assaults.
Sheriff Louise Arrol KC imposed a three-year extended sentence upon Seviour at today's sentencing.
Seviour will be put under supervision for one-year upon completion of his two-year prison term.
The sheriff said: "It is clear that the impact of these crimes against your victims have had varying degrees of profound effect and I commend them for giving their evidence.
"I have heard submissions about an alternative to custody, however, I am satisfied that the nature of two of the charges and the impact on the victims at the time passes the custodial threshold.
"I consider that they period of licence will not be sufficient to protect the public from serious harm - so your sentence will be in two parts."
Seviour was also put on the sex offenders register for 10 years.
The court earlier heard that Seviour, of Plymouth, Devon, had been a weapons engineer submariner for five years.
Frozen with fear
Seviour and his colleague who was an engineer at Faslane were at an afterparty in the building where he stayed on site.
Seviour joined her on the couch, put his right arm around her back and his hand on her outer thigh.
Prosecutor Lauren Aitchison said: "Seviour decided to place his hand under her t-shirt."
He went on to grope the woman who stated that it "hurt for a couple of seconds."
Miss Aitchison said: "He then moved his hand back down her side and he attempted to put his hand down the waistband of her trousers. She was frozen during this."
The woman initially fled to the toilet but went back and sat on the couch before she was joined again by Seviour.
Seviour asked her to lean forward - which she believed was so he could get a drink - however, he went on to grope her for "a couple of seconds."
A friend, who saw the woman the next day, described her as "sobbing" when she recounted what had happened to her.
Not an isolated incident
The trial was told of an earlier incident when Seviour met a woman from dating app Tinder at her student accommodation in Glasgow's Townhead.
The pair had sex but Seviour carried out sex acts which she did not consent to.
Jurors heard how Seviour slapped her face three or four times and she told him no.
He then punched and spat on the woman's face.
Miss Aitchison added: "The woman told you how she believed that he may have been recording her on his mobile and she asked him to put it down and stop.
"She had enough of telling him no and to stop so she told him to get out."
The woman - who was shocked - received a message the following day from Seviour asking for "round two."
Miss Aitchison said: "She told him no and reminded him what he had done to her and his response was 'that is rapey behaviour'.
"He offered to buy her flowers and coffee."
A third woman told the court that she had also met Seviour on Tinder and went to her student accommodation also in Townhead.
She claimed that Seviour spat on her face and body during consensual sex.
He also grabbed her by the throat, legs, arms and breasts during intercourse on another occasion. The woman was left bruised.
Seviour claimed to jurors that his victims' evidence had been "fabricated" and all three woman had lied.
Iain Smith, defending, told the sentencing that his client has since lost his job and relationship as a result of the conviction.
The advocate added: "His point of view is that the offences were committed against a background of taking alcohol and binge drinking which he is adament on changing."
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