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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Steven Morris

Police warned Gaia Pope about trauma of pursuing rape claim, inquest hears

Gaia Pope
Gaia Pope’s body was found on a clifftop in November 2017, 11 days after she went missing. Photograph: Dorset coroner’s court/PA

The Dorset teenager Gaia Pope was devastated when she learned a man she had accused of raping her had allegedly harassed and targeted many other women and girls, an inquest jury has heard.

Pope, 19, whose body was found on a clifftop in November 2017, 11 days after she went missing, had reported the alleged rape because she wanted to protect others, jurors were told, but detectives told her there was little chance of the case succeeding and it would be traumatic to go to court, it is claimed.

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