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Gaia amendment to be proposed in Parliament to hold police investigating rape to account
People take part in a candlelight vigil in the Prince Albert Gardens in Swanage, Dorset to pay their respects to 19 year old Gaia Pope whose body was found nearby, November 25, 2017
NEW legislation is being proposed in Parliament today in memory of Dorset teenager Gaia Pope-Sutherland to improve police accountability during sexual violence investigations.
Ms Pope-Sutherland died during a mental health crisis within two years of reporting to police that she had been a victim of child sexual exploitation by a known sex offender.
Her case was dropped by Dorset Police.
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