By Advertiser Reporter A SOLDIER elbowed a woman in the face after she accused him of rape. But Fusilier Robert Hanlon, who was acquitted of rape by jurors earlier this year, was spared a prison sentence after a Winchester judge heard he would be automatically thrown out the army if he were jailed or given a suspended prison sentence. Imposing a two year community order for actual bodily harm, Judge Andrew Barnett told 21-year-old Hanlon he was taking “this somewhat exceptional course because it seems to me there is soldiering left in you if the army still want you – but that is by no means guaranteed”.