Thread by @JusticeForGaia

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1) A #Dorset Police detective has admitted that delays in reviewing the investigation into the disappearance of #GaiaPope may have caused opportunities to find her to be lost. @Independent

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independent.co.uk/news/uk/gaia-p…

2) The high risk #missingperson case should have been reviewed by an experienced detective as soon as possible but no review had been carried out when he came on call more than 16 hours later.

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3) Not all the information needed in a #missingperson inquiry had been gathered. Mr. Swanton also said he was concerned about a lack of structure to the investigation & that no-one appeared in charge.

Nor could he see from the logs what actions had or had not been undertaken.

4) The court was previously told there was a near three-hour delay in opening a #MissingPerson report after the alarm was raised by the teenager’s aunt, Talia Pope.

A number of witnesses have also testified that Ms Pope should have been graded high-risk from the beginning.

5) Other officers said they weren't given the resources for thorough initial searches. Former police constable Sean Mallon failed to hand over or inform the night shift sergeant that #GaiaPope was missing when he clocked off. Mr Mallon was disciplined for his role in the case.

6) The student, who had severe epilepsy, was also a rape survivor whose case was dropped by #Dorset Police in the year before her death. In the days before her disappearance she had contact with them again trying to report an incident of sexual harassment online.

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