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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Tara Cobham

‘British Armed Forces still not safe for women four years since my daughter killed herself after sexual assault’

Jaysley Beck (left) with her sister Emilli (centre) and mother Leighann McCready - (PA)

A mother has warned that the British Armed Forces are still not a safe place for young women, four years after her daughter took her own life after she was sexually assaulted by a former sergeant major.

Royal Artillery Gunner Jaysley Beck’s body was found at Larkhill Camp in Wiltshire on 15 December 2021 – five months after the 19-year-old was sexually assaulted by Warrant Officer Michael Webber, then 39. He was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment at the Court Martial Centre in Bulford, Wiltshire, on Friday.

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