MoD/Army need to engage with the issues and stop gaslighting the family by pretending the issue can be addressed in any other way. Putting more women on court martial boards was something they started doing from 2023, isn’t a new thing and has no relevance at all to this case.

The family is calling for both with particular focus on the latter, which has been recommended by 2 independent reviews.

The issues are 1) sexual assaults should always go to police (that was clear in policy at the time, they just didn’t do it) and 2) (in this case, more importantly), serious complaints of sexual harassment like those she was experiencing should be handled by an independent body.

Jaysley’s first “incident” was not even treated as a sexual assault when it should have been; and the second, the extensive sexual harassment she suffered for months, she did not even report, because the Army messed the first one up so badly.

The forces can be a lonely place for anyone experiencing sexual harassment or assault and it’s important to get outside support. Please contact our lovely friends at:
@SaluteHerUK @AuroraNewDawn @Forewarned_AWAW @WaceMorgan @BoltBurdonKemp @CRINwire @ForcesWatch @ForcesLaw

The family want to acknowledge and thank all those brave people that are speaking out. They do not want anyone to have to go through what they are suffering at present and urge anyone affected to get advice and help no matter how long ago it happened.

On @MilitBanter lots of service personnel are sharing their own sad stories of sexual assault and harassment today. It’s incredibly moving.

He also confirmed he is leaving the Army, at his own request (ie he has not been dismissed). And we heard more very sad evidence of the impact of J’s line manager’s “obsessive” behaviours.

The Sgt Maj accused of assault declined to answer questions about it, but was able to confirm he had promoted since the incident and was only stopped from taking up his next appointment after J died and questions started to be asked about how the incident had been handled.

He consequently delivered “minor administrative action” to the accused, the lowest sanction possible, that is wiped from a personnel file on posting.

J was required to attend a meeting with him (the senior male officer) and a male SSgt (both in uniform) to discuss this sensitive situation. He confirmed he’d had no training to deal with this.

A senior officer tasked with dealing with the Sgt Maj who was accused of pinning her down conceded he had omitted important parts of the allegation she had made when doing so, because he said he had not been made aware of them by the Regimental Colonel.

about the sexual assault after J died. And evidence of fear amongst female soldiers that if they report bad behaviours from males, they will suffer the consequences. So they don’t report.

Also evidence from her then captain that when she tried to report the assault, his first thought was that she was lying about it to get out of training. The Regimental Colonel gave evidence that she was told her to remove certain information from her initial report …

Ironically, the Telegraph interviewed the bereaved family of the murdered British soldier (represented by Richard Hermer KC). The last Govt shut down the investigation into the soldier’s murder. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/11...