Deepcut soldier was betrayed by the system

A young solider who shot himself at the notorious Deepcut barracks was ‘let down by the system’ in the months leading up to his death, an inquest heard today (weds). Private Sean Benton, 20, from Hastings, East Sussex, was found with five bullet wounds to his chest in June 1995. He was the first of four young soldiers to die of gunshot wounds there between 1995 and 2002. The initial inquest into his death lasted only a few hours, concluding…