Hope Barden

About Hope Barden

Burton woman 'left to die' after online sexual role-play.
Hope Barden, 21, was found asphyxiated after an online relationship with a pub landlord who was later jailed for possession of extreme pornography.
Her mother Kate Barden said it would have been a landmark case had Jerome Dangar, arrested in connection with the death, still been alive.
She said her daughter, from Burton-upon-Trent, was "left to die".
Staffordshire Police said it had submitted a file to the Crown Prosecution Service to consider charging Dangar, 45, from north Cornwall, with manslaughter over the death of Ms Barden.
Officers said it was proved Dangar was online while she died on 15 March 2018, and there was no attempt to raise any emergency response to the danger he had put her in.
Dangar was found dead at HMP Dartmoor on 15 April 2019 and never faced charges.

Ms Barden said her daughter had been earning extra money working in the online adult industry.
"Anyone with daughters or other relatives involved in this terrible industry must be aware of the risk of harm," she said.
"A duty of care exists in any relationship. If someone is obviously in danger, one has a legal obligation to take steps to help. In this tragic case, Hope was left to die."

from https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-48773083