Soldier found dead in barracks was ‘degraded’ by senior officers – inquest

Lance Corporal Bernard Mongan, 33, whose body was discovered on January 23 2020 in the bedroom of his barracks at Catterick Garrison, North Yorkshire (Handout/PA) - (PA Media)

A British soldier found dead in his barracks after being missing for three weeks was “degraded” by his superior officers, with one posting videos of his “humiliations” in a WhatsApp group, an inquest has heard.

A friend of Lance Corporal Bernard Mongan said “bullying would be an understatement” as he described how the father-of-three was “shouted, screamed and swore at”, made to clean senior officers’ cars in his own time and “forced” to do extra runs in his lunch break without being given time to eat.