Failed By The Army

Scathing report lists 45 major errors over bullied soldier death

- Sean Rayment

A Bullied soldier who lay dead in his barracks for three weeks was failed by the Army, a damning report found.

It revealed 45 errors in the care of Lance Corporal Bernie Mongan.

The Sunday Mirror broke the story of the scandal around the 33-year-old’s death last year.

His widow Beth, 31, said: “It’s clear he felt bullied, this was not investigated properly, his mental health suffered, he was telling people he was afraid and he was not checked properly in the days before he died. If those checks had been carried out properly, we might not be here now.”