The court heard how the teenager said her life “stopped” aged 14 and that she had attempted suicide. Lord Braid wrote of how she has been forced to use mental health support services to deal with complex psychological conditions. She had told officers how she had told Popa she was 14 years old; she said she told Popa that she was really drunk and didn’t have any money. But the court heard that Popa agreed to take her home and that she got into his car and “blanked out”. The court heard that Popa went to school in Romania but started to live in the UK in 2015.