The older sister of Gnr Jaysley Beck, the 19-year-old soldier who killed herself after allegedly being sexually assaulted and harassed, has said the army has “blood on its hands” and claimed her sibling would still be alive if the abuse she suffered had been properly investigated.
Asked what she would say to young women thinking of doing the same as her sister and signing up, Emilli said: “I wouldn’t advise it, going through what we have gone through and learning how these allegations are swept under the carpet.”.
Jaysley took her own life after serious errors were made in the way the army investigated an alleged sexual assault on her by Battery Sgt Maj Michael Webber.
Emilli criticised the army for appearing to suggest in its own report on Jaysley’s death that “family issues” may have played part.
Emilli Beck says army failed to protect her sibling and she would not advise other young women to enlist.
