The army inquiry service report on Beck’s death said family issues, including a bereavement, were also responsible for her death, which her family reject.
It detailed three “contributory factors” to Beck’s death: the “significant strain” of a sexual relationship with a married colleague in the last few weeks of her life; a relationship that ended in November 2021 which involved “repeated allegations of unfaithfulness on the part of the boyfriend”; and an “unhealthy approach to alcohol, with episodes of binge drinking”.
The inquest into her death has heard that she had made a complaint against a senior officer, BSM Michael Webber, during a stay at Thorney Island, near Emsworth in Hampshire, in July 2021.
On Tuesday, L/Bdr Kirsty Davis, who trained with Beck at Harrogate when they both joined the army, told the hearing in Salisbury that her friend had called her in the early hours concerning the incident on Thorney Island.
The inquest heard that Webber, who is now at WOII rank, was made subject to a “minor sanction” after Beck made a complaint and he wrote a letter of apology to her.
