The family of tragic Victoria Agoglia have been given permission by the Attorney General's Office to apply to the High Court to seek a new inquest into her death. Victoria, who was living in a home under the responsibility of Manchester city council, died aged 15 after she was injected with heroin by a man then aged 50.
She died in 2003 but prior to her death she had disclosed to social workers that she was being forcibly injected with drugs, and raped, but no effective action was taken to protect her.
It was her death that began to expose the widespread child sexual abuse of girls in the Greater Manchester area. It prompted Greater Manchester Police to launch an investigation - Operation Augusta - during which evidence came to light that Victoria had been subjected to sexual exploitation and abuse for several years prior to her death.
