Authorities failed to protect Hampshire girl stabbed to death by abuser, review finds

Lucy McHugh, 13, was killed by Stephen Nicholson in woods near her home in July 2018

Police and social workers missed chances to protect a 13-year-old girl who was stabbed to death by a man after she threatened to reveal he had been sexually abusing her for more than a year, an independent review has found.

Social workers did not take effective action even after Lucy McHugh's school flagged up their concerns that she had an older boyfriend who could be sexually exploiting her, the review concluded.