There are needs to be a “clamp down” on abusive behaviour in the armed forces following the death of soldier jaysley beck, defense secret John Healey has Said.
The 19-year-old royal artillery gunner was found in her room at Larkhill camp in Wiltshire on December 15, 2021.
An Inquest Last Week Found That The Army's Failure to Take Action After She Was Harassed by Her Line Manager Contributed to Her Suicide.
Mr Healey Told BBC Breakfast: “My thoughts are with Jaysley's Family. Her death was a tragedy it should never have happened. Career in Front of Her. “
He said that “we have to, and we have made clear that we'll have zero tolerance for that sort of abuse and harassment”.
He SAID: “Jaysley's family has said what they would like to be like an independent look at this pattern to the british arm forces of finished forces, and that ', and that' exactly what we have legislating for the moment. “
Mr Healey Said “People have been dismissed from service where they do not carry out their duties as senior officers, or their responsign for any of this sort of behaviour.
“We have to clamp down on it, we will. We have to support victims, and we are.
“But we are also legislating for an independent armed forces communication that will be an independent champion and voice that will be to look at the other Be an important step in improving service life for the future. “
The Inquest Also Ruled that “on the balance of probabilities”, gunner beck had been sexually assaulted by another senior collegue and the army's failure to take appropreate action cons. Death.
After the hearing, her mother Leighann McCready, of Oxen Park, Cumbria, Accused the Army of A “Cover-up” and call on the government to make sure we are on the way the way the way bye by External organisation.