Defence cadet charged with raping fellow cadet

A teenage Australian Defence Force Academy cadet has been arrested over the rape of a colleague.

Jack Mitchell, 18, was arrested in Canberra on Friday, the Defence department said in a statement.

Police allege the 18-year-old sexually assaulted an 18-year-old woman on Saturday when she was asleep.

ACT Magistrates Court are set to rule on whether Mitchell receives bail this afternoon.

Prosecutors originally did not oppose bail, however lawyers have since said it will be opposed, the ABC reports.