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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Steven Morris

Dorset teenager Gaia Pope was ‘anxious’ before death, inquest hears

Gaia Pope was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder after the alleged rape.
Gaia Pope was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder after the alleged rape. Photograph: Dorset Police/PA

A teenager whose body was found on a Dorset clifftop after an 11-day search had been anxious about the imminent release from jail of a man she told police had raped her when she was 16, an inquest jury has heard.

Gaia Pope was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder after the alleged rape and was worried that the man she had accused was about to be freed. On the day she vanished, Pope, 19, from Swanage, had been due to make a formal complaint to police after being sent indecent images on social media.

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