RAF sergeant wins £1.7m payout after road accident transforms him into a sex-obsessed, foul-mouthed loner

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A once mild-mannered RAF sergeant has been awarded £1.7million compensation for the crash that turned him into a sex pest.

Robert Cornes was a respected aircraft engineer with 18 years service when he was struck by a drink-driver, causing serious brain injuries that transformed his personality.

The High Court made the award yesterday after hearing how the change was so dramatic that he threatened one of his female carers with a knife when she rejected his advances.

Since the crash he has displayed "sexually inappropriate behaviour", an aggressive temper and a habit of using foul language.

The court heard Mr Cornes has threatened neighbours, has been barred from local shops because of his "impulsive and irrational" behaviour and has said he plans to "take revenge" on the driver who wrecked his life.

Last night, Mr Cornes, 43, told the Daily Mail how the accident "turned my life upside down".

He said: "My short-term memory is very poor, I am not allowed to drive any more, and I have a problem vocalising inappropriate thoughts about women, rather than physically inappropriate sexual behaviour."

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RAF sergeant Robert Cornes, who served in the RAF for 18 years and worked at Brize Norton, transformed into a sex-obsessed, foul-mouthed loner after a road accident

Mr Cornes was walking along the street in Witney, Oxfordshire, on the night of July 19 2002 when a car hit a bus shelter that collapsed on top of him.

The driver, David Southwood, of Wood Green, Witney, had been trying to do a handbrake turn at 55mph and was later jailed after pleading guilty to dangerous driving and drink driving.