AN Army corporal accused of raping a colleague with another soldier sent a text message insisting he had done nothing "wrong" shortly after the alleged incident, a court martial heard.

Thomas Fulton and Jeremy Jones, both 28, allegedly raped Royal Military Police corporal Anne-Marie Ellement, from Bournemouth, at their barracks in Germany in the early hours of November 20, 2009.

The men, who have since left the Army, admit they both had sex with Cpl Ellement, then aged 28, but claim she consented to what happened.

Text messages between Fulton and his girlfriend Cpl Sarah Noteyoung in the hours surrounding the alleged rape were read to the court.

At 1.33am, Fulton sent: "All I can say is I honestly didn't do anything wrong and I'm sorry, I'm going to turn my phone off night! X"

Miss Noteyoung, who was in England at the time, texted back later that day: "Tom. I dunt care what ppl are saying or what they think. I want to stay with you. Ive never been so devastated in my life. Thinkin bout you."

The panel of civil servants and senior military officers heard Cpl Ellement, Fulton and Jones were drinking in the mess before the incident.

Witnesses told how they discussed having a threesome, with the trio flirting, kissing and touching as they drank together.

Corporal Joseph Merron, who was in the mess at the time, told the court: "The three of them were drinking beers and one said 'I think we should have a threesome'."

"I took it as a joke at that point. Later on I heard the threesome conversation happen again.

"Between the first time there had been flirting going on between Mr Fulton and Miss Ellement.

"When I heard the threesome conversation then I thought it might lead to something."

The soldiers went to Jones's room at 12.30pm, and at 1.37am Cpl Ellement was discovered by colleagues naked, save for a cardigan, and crying outside her barracks.

In a lengthy video interview Cpl Ellement, who died in 2011, insisted she would not have consented to sex with either Fulton or Jones.

"I know that it's a really serious thing and the outcome affects what happens in their lives and careers," she said.

"I don't want to get someone accused of something they hadn't done but I know that I didn't want to have sex."

Fulton and Jones each deny two charges of rape. The trial at Bulford Court Martial Centre in Wiltshire continues.