New inquest to be held into Victoria Agoglia case
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA new inquest is to be held into the tragic case of Victoria Agoglia. The High Court has quashed the verdict of an original inquest.
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.
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