Defence secretary summons UK army board amid series of scandals

Ben Wallace said to be exasperated' following bullying and harassment scandals and Kenyan woman killing allegations

The defence secretary, Ben Wallace, summoned senior generals to a rare special meeting of the army's management board in London on Monday morning amid growing unhappiness about the service's response to a series of scandals.

Allies of the minister said he had become exasperated after a series of bullying and harassment scandals, as well as allegations that a Kenyan woman was killed in 2012 by a British soldier whose identity is known to several colleagues.