Gaia: A Death on Dancing Ledge

10:30 PM to 11:15 PM
Friday 20 September
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Season 1 Episode 3 of 3

Zara McDermott revisits the case of 19-year-old Gaia Pope-Sutherland, highlighting her family's search for truth and justice in the wake of her untimely death from hypothermia. Gaia's alleged attacker contacted her 10 months before she went missing. As her attempts to get a restraining order were declined, her state of mind deteriorated, requiring her to be sectioned under the Mental Health Act. The inquest into Gaia's death - one of the longest in British history - revealed vital clues into her final weeks, unearthing over 50 missed opportunities in her care and search for her

Gaia: A Death on Dancing Ledge airs on BBC Three at 10:30 PM, Friday 20 September. (Subtitles.)
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Documentary
Zara McDermott
Presenter
Georgia Smith
Producer
Emma Carruth
Producer