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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Steven Morris

Ex-army sergeant major sentenced to six months for sexually assaulting soldier who went on to kill herself

Jaysley Beck in a camouflage shirt
Jaysley Beck, who joined the army at 16, took her own life in July 2021 aged 19. Photograph: Family handout/PA

A former British army sergeant major has been sentenced to six months in prison for sexually assaulting Jaysley Beck, a teenage soldier who killed herself after senior officers failed to investigate the attack properly.

Michael Webber, who has left the army, assaulted Gunner Beck during a training exercise in Hampshire in July 2021, when she was 19, the court martial centre in Bulford, Wiltshire, heard.

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