Two serving British army officers face criminal charges over the handling of a case of sexual assault of the teenage soldier Jaysley Beck, who later took her own life. Beck, a Royal Artillery Gunner, was assaulted during a training exercise in Hampshire in July 2021, when she was 19, and killed herself five months later. The former sergeant major Michael Webber, who has since left the army, was sentenced in October to six months in prison for sexually assaulting Beck. It is understood Maj James Hook and Col Samantha Shepherd, both of whom gave evidence at the inquest into Beck’s death, will face court martial on the charges. The incident was not reported to police and Webber wrote a letter of apology to Beck.