An Army chaplain who offered a female soldier £3,000 to withdraw a sexual assault claim used classic victim-blaming attitudes that could deter other women from coming forward, a military justice lawyer has told BFBS Forces News.
Lucy Baston, of the Centre for Military Justice, said the case could not be dismissed as a one-off and called for a properly independent body to handle serious complaints of discrimination, harassment and sexual violence.
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