The inquest was also shown a draft text message Beck had apparently planned to send Mason that said: “I honestly feel trapped in this whole situation … It’s possessive and psychotic, you have to understand it’s not normal behaviour.
At the start of the two-week inquest, Beck’s mother, Leighann McCready, said her daughter, who had joined the army two years before, “did not feel safe” as the situation involving Mason developed.
British soldier who took own life was scared of ‘psychotic and possessive’ boss Ryan Mason sent Jaysley Beck, 19, thousands of WhatsApp texts in a month, inquest hears.
A 19-year-old soldier found dead in her room at an army camp had become frightened at the “psychotic and possessive” behaviour of her boss, who had sent her thousands of WhatsApp messages and expressed his love for her, an inquest heard.
Royal Artillery Gunner Jaysley Beck, who died at Larkhill camp in Wiltshire, was concerned Bombardier Ryan Mason had hacked her phone because he seemed to know where she was, the inquest was told.
