But new evidence has now emerged suggesting that the young Private may have been ordered to sleep with a male colleague in the hours before her death by bullying officers who were "pimping out" female recruits at the infamous Deepcut barracks in Surrey.
They come ahead of a fresh inquest into the death of the teenager more than 20 years after she was found near the gates to the barracks with a gunshot wound to the head.
Pte James' body was discovered by colleagues after she headed out on guard duty at Princess Royal barracks on November 27, 1995 with an SA-80 assault rifle which was found by her side.
Her death was dismissed by army top brass and Surrey Police as another suicide by a love-troubled teen, and an hour-long inquest returned an 'open' verdict.
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