Soldier who took own life after ‘sexual harassment’ from boss was also ‘pinned down by officer who tried to kiss her’

A SOLDIER who took her ain beingness aft "sexual harassment" from her brag was besides pinned down by a elder serviceman who tried to buss her, an inquest heard.

Royal Artillery Gunner Jaysley Beck was discovered dormant astatine Larkhill Camp in Wiltshire on December 15, 2021.

The 19-year-old was subjected to an "intense play of unwelcome behaviour" from Bombardier Ryan Mason, an inquest heard.

A work enquiry study published successful October 2023 recovered this was astir surely a "casual factor" successful Jaysley's death.

The tribunal heard contiguous however Jaysley was besides allegedly targeted by different elder colleaguer, Battery Sergeant Major Michael Webber.

She called her pal, Lance Bombardier Kirsty Davis, successful the aboriginal hours of July 2021 aft staying astatine Thorney Island, adjacent Emsworth successful Hampshire, for a grooming exercise.

Lance Bombardier Davis said Jaysley told her that "something happened that night, they were each having a fewer drinks, idiosyncratic tried it connected with her".

She said that the serviceman "was trying to buss her and she was trying to propulsion him away, helium was pinning her down".

The inquest heard Jaysley had called Lance Bombardier Davis from her car and that Webber had "tried to unit himself connected her much than once".

Lance Bombardier Davis said: "I bash not cognize if helium really kissed her oregon tried to, I bash not retrieve if Jaysley said helium had touched her oregon not.

"Jaysley was successful tears, she was upset. I deliberation she was conscionable frightened astatine what was going connected and she was crying, conscionable a small bit."

The tribunal heard that Webber, who is present astatine Warrant Officer 2 rank, was made taxable to a "minor sanction" aft Jaysley made a ailment and helium wrote a missive of apology to her.

Lance Bombardier Davis told the proceeding that Jaysley did not privation to instrumentality the substance further truthful "nothing would hap to him oregon his occupation arsenic she didn't privation to endure immoderate backlash from it".

She added: "Jaysley wasn't blessed with what had happened but if you are successful the Army and a little fertile no-one volition judge you, particularly against a higher rank.

"She didn't privation to get into occupation oregon origin a drama."

The Army work enquiry study said the incidental was "possibly a origin that whitethorn person influenced her nonaccomplishment to study different events that happened subsequently".

The inquest heard yesterday however Jaysley received thousands of messages from Bombardier Ryan Mason, who she described arsenic being "psychotic and possessive".

In November unsocial - the period earlier Jaysley's decease - she received 3,600 messages from her elder colleague.

In one, helium told her: "You're astonishing Jayse, I admit you truthful much, I emotion everything astir you, adjacent your flaws.

"I volition ever beryllium determination on for the thrust with you, I person said it earlier but you're stuck with maine everlastingly now. I emotion you x As a friend, I emotion you."

On November 25, Jaysley told Mason: "This full falling successful emotion with me, its becoming a spot excessively much, I person conscionable travel retired of a narration and I'm conscionable not wanting to beryllium progressive successful thing similar this.

"It's weighing maine down a small bit, I'll beryllium wholly honorable with you."

She added: "Totally honorable here, I conscionable don't privation to perceive however you consciousness astir me."

In different message, Jaysley wrote that she feared Mason was watching her.

She said: "When you said you seen maine permission campy I was a spot taken backmost similar are you watching maine erstwhile you accidental things similar 'You're there' it's conscionable weird and the full happening is conscionable bizarre."

'CREEP' FEARS

In different connection sent 11 days earlier she died, Jaysley told Mason: "It's snapping me, I person replied to you and successful the abstraction of a mates of minutes you sent 3 texts and tried to telephone me.

"Can you recognize wherefore I deliberation it's a spot excessively much?"

Jaysley's mum Leighann McCready told the court her girl felt that Mason was "overstepping the people of her friendliness" and was becoming a "creep".

The mum said Jaysley called her connected December 7 "upset and crying" arsenic she disquieted that her brag had hacked her telephone and was listening to her conversations.

The Army study outlined 3 "contributory factors" to Jaysley's decease - including the "significant strain" of a intersexual narration with a joined workfellow successful the past fewer weeks of her life.

It besides said that household issues, including a bereavement, were perchance a factor, arsenic good arsenic the breakdown of a narration successful November 2021.

The 3rd mentioned an "unhealthy attack to alcohol, with episodes of binge drinking".

It added that Jaysley had nary diagnosed intelligence wellness conditions and had not sought payment enactment from anyone successful the Army.

The inquest continues.