Jaysley Beck's mother has accused the British Army of covering up the sexual assault her late daughter suffered in 2021. The body of Leighann McCready's 19-year-old daughter was found in a locker room at Larkhill Camp in Wiltshire. She had been subjected to relentless harassment from her line manager, Bombardier Ryan Mason, an inquest was told. Beck had also filed a complaint against Battery Sergeant Major Michael Webber who "pinned her down" and tried to kiss her at a work social. An inquest has found the Army's handling of the complaint played "more than a minimal contributory part in her death". McCready said, "it's been made clear through the findings that the Army have failed our daughter". Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00She phoned us distraught and told us she said mum this man has put his arm
00:08around my neck and tried to pull me towards him and also tried to put his
00:14hand between my legs and she said get off me sir because even when she was
00:24going through this she still had the respect to call him sir so following
00:30that so this was months after she she told us about the Ryan Mason and it was
00:40a good friendship at the start it was you know it was a true friendship within
00:45her team a professional friendship and as time got on he crossed the line we
00:54advised her to report it but the kind caring person that she was she didn't
01:00want to cause unnecessary upset she didn't want to be known as a female in
01:05the army that's causing drama she explained that they didn't believe her
01:10she said mum they were trying to say that I would I were trying to get off
01:15the event that took place at Thorny Island I believe it was a cover-up and
01:20it's been made clear through the findings that the army have failed our
01:27daughter Jaisalmer I believe that this was systemic this not only happened
01:34sadly not only happened to my daughter but this has happened to so many other
01:41female soldiers and male within the within the armour.