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A posed photo of teenagers exploited by “county lines” gangs A TEENAGER found dead in his room after being exploited by drug trafficking gangs was failed by police, education and care authorities, a report has said. The Oxfordshire Child Safeguarding Board released a serious case review into the death of Jacob, a 16-year-old boy in 2019. The review s author Sarah Holtom found a local system which was not able to respond quickly enough and which did not provide practitioners with the structures and services they needed to work effectively with children at risk. A coroners report said Jacob was intoxicated and distressed at the time of his death but there was insufficient evidence that he had intended to end his life . ....
BBC News By Michael Race image captionThe report said Jacob was coerced and controlled into committing crime A boy found dead in his bedroom was groomed into a world of drug trafficking and failed by the authorities, a serious case review said. Jacob, 16, had been targeted by so-called county lines gangs from July 2017 until his death in April 2019. The review said the protection system, intended to look after children at risk of harm, failed to do so for Jacob . It said there were many missed opportunities to keep him safe. The review, commissioned by Oxfordshire Safeguarding Children Board, said a coroner concluded Jacob was intoxicated and distressed at the time of his death, but there was insufficient evidence he intended to end his life. ....