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Gaia Pope death: Teen's mental health a factor, inquest concludes Gaia Pope death: Teen's mental health a factor, inquest concludes
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Gaia Pope's body was found 11 days after she went missing in November 2017Gaia Pope's body was found 11 days after she went missing in November 2017
Teenager Gaia Pope's mental health and mental state probably caused or contributed to her death, an inquest jury has concluded. Teenager Gaia Pope's mental health and a lack of medical after-care probably caused or contributed to her death, an inquest jury has concluded.
Miss Pope, 19, was found dead 11 days after going missing in Swanage, Dorset, in 2017.Miss Pope, 19, was found dead 11 days after going missing in Swanage, Dorset, in 2017.
Her body was found in undergrowth near clifftops. A post-mortem examination revealed she died of hypothermia.Her body was found in undergrowth near clifftops. A post-mortem examination revealed she died of hypothermia.
At Dorset Coroner's Court, the jury returned a unanimous narrative conclusion.At Dorset Coroner's Court, the jury returned a unanimous narrative conclusion.
It also concluded that a failure to provide follow-up care after she was discharged from hospital weeks before she went missing may have contributed to her death. It concluded that a failure to provide follow-up care after she was discharged from hospital weeks before she went missing may also have been a factor in causing her death.
Miss Pope spent weeks in hospital in February and March 2017, where she was sexually harassed by a patient, after she was sectioned following a seizure and developing psychosis. Miss Pope had been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder after revealing she had been drugged and raped by a man when she was 16.
But relatives told the inquest she felt police did not believe her when she reported it and that pursuing any complaint would have been traumatic.
She had been treated in hospital in February and March 2017, where she was sexually harassed by a patient, after being sectioned following a seizure and developing psychosis.
Police searches were criticised by Miss Pope's familyPolice searches were criticised by Miss Pope's family
She was further assessed at Poole Hospital in the October but discharged and sent home without any community support. She was further assessed at Poole Hospital in October that year but discharged and sent home without any community support.
Miss Pope had died at some point between 15:59 GMT on 7 November 2017 and 10:00 on 8 November, the court heard. On the day she disappeared Miss Pope had been anxious after being told of her alleged rapist's release from prison for other sex offences.
She died at some point between 15:59 GMT on 7 November 2017 and 10:00 on 8 November, the court heard.
The jury concluded that her death was "probably caused by her mental health and mental state on November 7 2017".The jury concluded that her death was "probably caused by her mental health and mental state on November 7 2017".
Police failures
Her mother, Kim Pope, had tried reporting her daughter missing and her aunt called Dorset Police five times in the hours after she disappeared.Her mother, Kim Pope, had tried reporting her daughter missing and her aunt called Dorset Police five times in the hours after she disappeared.
She had left her aunt's home in Swanage at 15:40 on 7 November.She had left her aunt's home in Swanage at 15:40 on 7 November.
But a formal missing person report was not logged by police until 18:15, the jury heard.But a formal missing person report was not logged by police until 18:15, the jury heard.
Dorset Police's chief constable Scott Chilton accepted earlier there were several failures made in the search for Miss Pope.
But the jury found the force's handling of the case had not caused or contributed to her death.
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