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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Steven Morris

Gaia Pope’s family call for change after inquest highlights missed chances

Gaia Pope.
Pope disappeared at a time when she feared a man who allegedly raped her was about to be released and soon after being sent indecent images by another man. Photograph: Dorset Police/PA

The family of the Dorset teenager Gaia Pope have called for fundamental changes to the way the police, health trusts and other public services protect survivors of sexual violence after an inquest highlighted a string of missed chances to help her.

Pope’s family have drawn up a list of more than 50 opportunities they say police and health and social care professionals missed to support the 19-year-old, whose body was found 11 days after she vanished from the seaside town of Swanage.

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