‘This doesn’t feel like justice’: mother of Jaysley Beck accuses army of empty promises

Jaysley Beck and her mother, Leighann McCready, who said she would advise young women not to join the armed forces. Photograph: family handout

At the end of Gunner Jaysley Beck’s inquest, the British army promised that the teenager’s suicide after a sexual assault by a senior colleague would lead to lasting and effective change.

Eight months on, as her abuser was finally sentenced for the attack, Beck’s mother, Leighann McCready, accused the army of making “empty promises” and said change to the way victims were treated was not taking place quickly enough.