A ‘vulnerable’ teenager who killed herself after claiming she was raped by a colleague suffered a ‘huge miscarriage of justice’, her family has said.
Lauren Hewson, who first tried to take her life on her 18th birthday, alleged she had been sexually assaulted and raped as an apprentice at BAE Systems, in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, by a staff member no longer at the company.
Cumbria Police said a man was arrested and released on bail, but no charges were brought against him because there was not enough evidence.
The force’s investigation continued after the teenager’s death in August 2025 – a week after her first
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