RAF deputy chief suspended for ‘flashing bottom at neighbours in garden’

Andrew Turner was promoted to Commander of the Order of the British Empire within the 2010 New 12 months Honours (Image: Getty/ Google)

A high RAF marshal has been suspended from obligation after claims he uncovered himself to a household dwelling subsequent door.

Andrew Turner’s neighbours allegedly noticed him standing bare within the backyard of his £1.4 million thatched cottage in Berkshire, ‘not even carrying sneakers’ and flashing his backside at them.

Simon Herbert, 54, instructed the Day by day Mail he was ‘astonished’ to see Mr Turner, additionally 54, within the nude and stated his accomplice Leslie Stevens, 52, and her 18-year-old daughter have been ‘actually upset’.

At first, the household grew to become involved about his wellbeing and approached the ex-special forces commander concerning the weird incident.

They later complained to Thames Valley Police, triggering an investigation and the suspension of the married dad-of-two.

In a letter despatched to the neighbours final week, Mr Turner apologised for ‘any inadvertent and completely unintentional upset that will have resulted from exercise on our property’.

Based on Mr Herbert, the apology was solely signed by a squiggly monogram, reasonably than the air marshal’s title, main them to consider he was attempting to ‘duck duty’.

Neighbour Simon Herbert stated Andrew Turner was ‘totally bare’ (Image: Google)

Andrew Turner despatched an apology letter to his neighbours (Image: Getty)

The household now feels uncomfortable utilizing the new tub of their backyard they purchased just a few weeks earlier than the flashing incident.

In a witness assertion, Mr Herbert stated: ‘I used to be about 30 metres from Andrew at this level and solely had him for my part for a second or so lengthy sufficient to grasp it was Andrew and he was bare.

‘Andrew was nonetheless in the identical nook of his paddock and as I approached, I might see his face as he turned in the direction of me and had a glance of shock or shock.

‘I might see that Andrew was totally bare not even carrying sneakers. Andrew simply checked out me and didn't reply.

‘His fingers remained down by his facet and he simply turned away from me and began strolling slowly again up his paddock in the direction of his home and backyard.’

A spokesperson for the RAF confirmed the officer is a topic to a police investigation and that he has been ‘suspended from obligation with out prejudice’.

Metro.co.uk has contacted Thames Valley Police for a remark.

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