Ex-army sergeant major sentenced to six months for sexually assaulting soldier who went on to kill herself

Michael Webber admitted attack on Jaysley Beck, then 19, which was not investigated properly by senior officers

A former British army sergeant major has been sentenced to six months in prison for sexually assaulting Jaysley Beck, a teenage soldier who killed herself after senior officers failed to investigate the attack properly.

Michael Webber, who has left the army, assaulted Gunner Beck during a training exercise in Hampshire in July 2021, when she was 19, the court martial centre in Bulford, Wiltshire, heard.