{"id":235994,"date":"2025-10-31T13:43:20","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T13:43:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/235994\/"},"modified":"2025-10-31T13:43:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T13:43:20","slug":"jaysley-beck-ex-sergeant-major-jailed-for-six-months-for-sexual-assault-of-soldier-who-took-own-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/235994\/","title":{"rendered":"Jaysley Beck: Ex-sergeant major jailed for six months for sexual assault of soldier who took own life"},"content":{"rendered":"

What has changed since?published at 12:10 GMT<\/p>\n

12:10 GMT<\/p>\n

\"\"Bea Swallow
West of England<\/p>\n

While we wait for the panel to return to sentence Webber, we’re taking a look at what the Army has done to address shortfalls in the wake of Jaysley’s death. <\/p>\n

The Defence Serious Crime Command (DSCC) was introduced in 2022, the year after Jaysley died, as part of a major reform of the UK military\u2019s justice system.<\/p>\n

Changes include new guidance on handling complaints of a sexual nature, which are now independently dealt with outside the immediate chain of command.<\/p>\n

A Ministry of Defence (MoD) spokesperson told the BBC “unacceptable and criminal behaviour has absolutely no place in our Armed Forces”, and said there were “clear consequences” for those found in breach of its policies. <\/p>\n

\"AImage source, Family Handout<\/p>\n

“The DSCC assures all serving personnel that any reporting of a serious crime will be investigated independently from their chain<\/a> of command and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law,” they added.<\/p>\n

“We are strengthening our systems which support those who come forward and creating an environment where personnel know that any report will be met with action.<\/p>\n

“This includes the Violence against Women and Girls taskforce and our Victim and Witness Care unit, which provides independent support to victims.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What has changed since?published at 12:10 GMT 12:10 GMT Bea SwallowWest of England While we wait for the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":235928,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":{"0":"post-235994","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235994"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235994\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/235928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}