Naval officer faces jail for repeatedly spanking colleague

A SENIOR Australian naval officer has been convicted by a court martial of repeatedly spanking a junior female sailor to test her discipline and obedience.

Lieutenant Commander John Alan Jones, aged 58, was found guilty of seven counts of indecency without consent.

The military court heard that two of the incidents, which occurred last year while Jones was serving on a supply ship, involved the young female sailor lying across his lap and him smacking her bare buttocks.