UK government may have breached young soldier’s right to life, coroner concludes

<p>‘Systemic’ flaws criticised in army’s investigation into sexual assault of Jaysley Beck, 19, before her suicide</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/feb/20/this-is-not-a-problem-of-the-past-jaysley-becks-death-shows-toxic-misogyny-persists-in-the-armed-forces">Jaysley Beck’s death shows toxic misogyny persists in the armed forces</a></li></ul><p>The UK government may have breached a young soldier’s right to life by failing to protect her from a sexual assault by a more senior colleague and from sustained unwelcome sexual attention from her line manager, a coroner has concluded.</p><p>Gunner Jaysley Beck, 19, killed herself after errors were made in the way the army investigated a sexual assault, which made her reluctant to report her boss when he later launched an “onslaught” against her, the coroner said.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/feb/20/teenage-soldier-jaysley-beck-sexually-assaulted-coroner-concludes">Continue reading...</a>