Teenager needs secure placement 'to save her life'

The mother of a teenage girl at the centre of an investigation into whether she has been sexually exploited while in State care says her daughter needs a secure placement to save her life.

The mother of a teenage girl at the centre of an investigation into whether she has been sexually exploited while in State care says her daughter needs a secure placement to save her life.

The 15-year-old girl has been the subject of a voluntary care order since last October and has been moved to a number of emergency units in the east of the country since then.