Connor Clark, 18, from Norfolk, was just three weeks into his military career when his body was found on a railway line near a training centre in Devon.
The mother or a Royal Marine recruit who was found dead just weeks into his training says her son was "collectively failed" as his inquest concluded.when his body was discovered on the railway line beside the Commando Training Centre in Lympstone, Devon , on the morning of 12 June 2021.
In her only television interview, Connor's mum, Tracy Clark told ITV News that her son had wanted to be a marine since he was a teenager. "Two days later, he got out of the camp. He was known to be missing, from 6am and at 7.20am my son found a train. Nobody looked for him and emergency services weren't called."I don't want any one person held responsible. Collectively he was failed. There was no duty of care.
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