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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Alexandra Topping

Man accused of raping Gaia Pope was already under police investigation, say family

Gaia Pope
Gaia Pope went missing on 7 November 2017 at a time when the man she accused of raping her was about to be released from prison. Her body was found 11 days later. Photograph: Dorset Police/PA

The man accused of raping the Dorset teenager Gaia Pope before she disappeared in 2017 was under investigation before she went to police and should have been more closely monitored, the teenager’s family said on Wednesday.

Following a long-running inquest into the teenager’s death, which found that multiple agencies including the police and health trusts missed chances to help her when it concluded in July, her family vowed to keep fighting for structural change in the services they say failed their loved one.

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