Overview

• Testimony from former corporal Stephen Timmerman detailed systematic harassment including shouting, extra runs without meal breaks and forced cleaning of senior officers’ vehicles.
• Witnesses revealed that humiliating tasks were recorded and circulated in a WhatsApp group, highlighting deeper issues within Mongan’s chain of command.
• Home Office pathologist Dr Nigel Cooper said decomposition prevented a definitive cause of death, considering both therapeutic-level amobarbital poisoning and a sudden heart abnormality.
• Toxicology reports found amobarbital, a sedative not prescribed in the UK, alongside an empty Jack Daniels bottle, though timing and role in his death remain unclear.
• Lance Corporal Mongan had been due to deploy with 77 Brigade and his family continues to seek answers as the three-week inquest progresses.