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An army cadet instructor who raped a "blind drunk" woman then boasted about what he had done has been jailed.
Robert Wilkinson forced himself on the victim when she was so intoxicated she had thrown up.
A court heard she became aware of having had clothing removed and being abused by the 22-year-old.
Wilkinson, of Newcastle, denied rape and sexual assault but was found guilty by a jury at Newcastle Crown Court and has now been jailed for seven years.
Sentencing him, Judge Penny Moreland said: "(She) was extremely drunk, she was vomiting.
"She was blind drunk. That's the state of the girl you sexually assaulted and raped.
"She was particularly vulnerable.
"You then boasted of what you had done to her in a text to your friend on the way home."
When originally questioned by police, Wilkinson denied any sexual activity took place then when presented with scientific proof that it had, he changed his story and claimed it had been consensual, an account jurors rejected.
As well as the prison sentence, Wilkinson will be on the sex offenders register for life and will be barred from working with vulnerable adults or children.
Annelise Haugstad, defending, said he was of previous good character.