Two able seamen plead guilty over hog-tying sailor at navy 'farewell ceremony'

By Paul Bibby
Updated September 22 2014 - 3:52pm, first published 3:04pm
The alleged offences took place aboard HMAS Newcastle.
The alleged offences took place aboard HMAS Newcastle.


Two Australian navy technicians have pleaded guilty to hog-tying one of their colleagues and smearing a mix of Deep Heat and Vegemite on his buttocks during a "farewell ceremony" to mark the victim's last night aboard a Royal Australian Navy frigate in 2011.