An Army officer sexually assaulted a woman in the officers' mess by clasping a grape between his teeth and trying to force it into her mouth.
Major Colin Morris approached the woman, who was working as a cleaner, and said: "I've got something for you", before popping the grape into his mouth.
Morris, who has been married for 22 years, then grabbed her, pulled her body close to his and tried to force the fruit into her mouth, a court martial heard.
But, with eyes closed and teeth clenched, she resisted his advances and the grape fell on to the floor. The tearful woman then complained to a colleague.
Morris, 44, told the court he got no sexual pleasure from the incident and maintained that the woman had played along with his antics, "laughing and giggling".
But at the end of the four-day trial a board of five high-ranking officers disagreed and found him guilty of sexual assault. He was fined £2,500 and ordered to pay the woman £2,000 in compensation.
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