Aſter a night of dancing and banter Robert returned to barracks in the early hours. Witnesses say he had enjoyed a drink but was not drunk and appeared fully aware of his surroundings and actions.
Robert is then said to have gone back to the room of the male paramedic, whom he had never met before, for another drink. There he allegedly opened his heart to the stranger, confessed he didn’t get on with his father. Then, one thing led to another and the two men had sex. Until that moment, nobody had ever suspected Robert of having any homosexual tendencies.
Aſter the encounter Robert reportedly went back to his own room in a cheerful mood.
His body was found the next day, wearing a pair of jeans and boots with no socks, along with several notes which police were satisfied were writen by Robert, indicating he intended to take his own life.
The conclusion was that he was so overcome by the shame of his first homosexual encounter that he killed himself.
“It wouldn’t have matered to us if he was gay,” said Susan Fleeting. “We have always been a very open family. We have gay friends and gay family members. It’s not something that would have bothered us.
“I find it difficult to believe that just hours aſter a first sexual experience he was so upset and confused that he took his own life.”
Even though the male paramedic, who changed his initial police statement twice, has always maintained Robert had sex with him, and not the other way round, the autopsy revealed Robert had suffered trauma to his anal passage. This fact was not revealed to the family until the inquest, several months aſter Robert had been cremated with military honours.
SAC Robert Fleeting 40 June 2015
“If I had known that before the funeral, Robert would not have been cremated,” said Charlie. “Nobody
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