Tamzin Hort told the inquest of her friend Jaysley Beck, 19, that women were habitually subjected to inappropriate behaviour
A former soldier has revealed how she was propositioned by a sergeant when she was only 17 and took to locking her door because she was frightened colleagues would walk in when she was in bed.
Speaking at the inquest of her friend, 19-year-old soldier Jaysley Beck, Tamzin Hort said women were habitually subject to “disgusting” comments from male soldiers, especially when they rejected their sexual advances.
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