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Ex- Sergeant Major Jailed for Sexual Offense on Young Soldier
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A former service sergeant has been sentenced to six months in jail for sexually assaulting a young gunner who afterwards ended her life.
Sergeant Major Michael Webber, in his forties, restrained service member Jaysley Beck and sought to kiss her in mid-2021. She was located without signs of life five months later in her military accommodation at the Wiltshire base.
The convicted individual, who was sentenced at the Court Martial Centre in the Wiltshire region previously, will be sent to a public jail and registered as sexual offenders list for a seven-year period.
The victim's mother Ms. Mcready remarked: "The assault, and how the military failed to protect our young woman subsequently, cost Jaysley her life."
Official Reaction
The Army acknowledged it ignored the soldier, who was a native of the Cumbrian village, when she filed the complaint and has expressed regret for its handling of her complaint.
After a formal inquiry regarding the tragic death, Webber pleaded guilty to one count of unwanted sexual advance in last fall.
The grieving parent commented her young woman should have been alongside her loved ones in the courtroom today, "to see the man she filed against facing consequences for what he did."
"Conversely, we are present without her, facing perpetual grief that no family should be forced to endure," she continued.
"She complied with procedures, but those responsible neglected their responsibilities. These shortcomings shattered our child utterly."
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Court Proceedings
The court was informed that the assault occurred during an military training at the exercise site, near Hampshire's Emsworth, in July 2021.
Webber, a senior officer at the moment, made a sexual advance towards Gunner Beck after an evening of drinking while on duty for a military exercise.
Gunner Beck stated Webber said he had been "anticipating an opportunity for them to be in private" before making physical contact, restraining her, and making unwanted advances.
She filed a complaint against Webber following the violation, regardless of pressure by commanding officers to persuade her not to.
An inquest into her death found the military's management of the allegations played "more than a minimal contributory part in her demise."
Parent's Account
In a account shared to the judicial body during proceedings, Ms McCready, expressed: "Our daughter had only become a teenager and will always be a youth full of life and laughter."
"She had faith individuals to defend her and post-incident, the faith was gone. She was deeply distressed and terrified of the accused."
"I saw the change before my own eyes. She felt vulnerable and abandoned. That violation destroyed her trust in the set-up that was supposed to look after her."
Court Ruling
While delivering judgment, The presiding judge Alan Large said: "We need to assess whether it can be handled in a different manner. We do not believe it can."
"We have determined the seriousness of the violation means it can only be addressed by immediate custody."
He spoke to Webber: "The victim had the courage and good sense to tell you to stop and told you to go to bed, but you persisted to the point she felt she could not feel secure from you despite the fact she retreated to her own accommodation."
He continued: "The next morning, she made the complaint to her loved ones, her acquaintances and her commanding officers."
"Following the report, the military unit decided to handle the situation with minimal consequences."
"You underwent questioning and you accepted your conduct had been inappropriate. You composed a letter of apology."
"Your military service advanced unimpeded and you were in due course promoted to Warrant Officer 1."
Background Information
At the investigation into Gunner Beck's death, the official examiner said Capt James Hook influenced her to cease proceedings, and just informed it to a superior officers "when the cat was already out of the bag."
At the time, Webber was given a "minor administrative action interview" with no additional penalties.
The inquiry was also told that mere weeks after the incident Gunner Beck had additionally been facing "relentless harassment" by a different service member.
A separate service member, her superior officer, directed toward her more than 4,600 SMS communications confessing his feelings for her, in addition to a 15-page "personal account" describing his "personal thoughts."
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Organizational Reaction
The Army said it provided its "deepest sympathies" to Gunner Beck and her relatives.
"We remain profoundly sorry for the deficiencies that were discovered at Jaysley's inquest in winter."
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