The British Army's failure to properly deal with a soldier's sexual assault complaint played "more than a minimal" role in her death, a coroner has said. Royal Artillery Gunner Jaysley Beck, 19, was found dead in her room at Larkhill Camp in Wiltshire on 15 December 2021.

Gunner Jaysley Beck filed a complaint against a senior colleague but it was dismissed as a "minor sanction" The death of a soldier left terrified after being sexually assaulted by her superior was, in part,

The Army ’s handling of a 19-year-old soldier’s complaint of sexual harassment by a senior colleague played a part in her death, a coroner has ruled. Jaysley Beck took her own life at Larkhill Camp in Wiltshire on December 15 2021 and in July that year she complained that she had been sexually assaulted during a stay at Thorney Island.