A coroner has found “on the balance of probabilities” that a 19-year-old Royal Artillery Gunner who was found dead in her room was sexually assaulted by a colleague and how this was handled “played more than a minimal contributory part in her death”.
The Salisbury inquest heard Jaysley Beck died at Larkhill Camp in Wiltshire on December 15 2021 and in July that year she complained that she had been sexually assaulted by a senior colleague during a stay at Thorney Island.
Battery Sergeant Major Michael Webber, now of Warrant Officer 2 rank, was given a “minor sanction” for his actions.
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