'Inadequacies' in Child Care Services have been highlighted following the death of a 15 year old girl.

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The teenager's body was found at Glenford play park in Newtownards in the early hours of Monday (June 7); it is suspected she died after sniffing fumes from an aerosol deodorant.

The death has highlighted, what one former residential social worker has described as 'inadequacies' in Child Care Services, in dealing with youngsters with solvent abuse problems.

At the time of her death, the east Belfast girl was resident at Ashgrove Intensive Support Unit at Ards Hospital, which provides support to young people who have been diagnosed with behavioral problems.

It is believed the girl had gone from Ashgrove on Sunday evening to a local petrol station where she bought a can of aerosol deodorant and then went to the nearby swing park.

She died whilst under the care of South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust and a spokesperson for the Trust stated: "The Trust regrets the sad and untimely death of this young person. Kate Thompson, Director of Children's Services, South Eastern Health & Social Care Trust offers her condolences to the family at this sad time."

Read the full story in this week's Chronicle.