A teenage girl killed herself four weeks after police released her stepfather on bail when she alleged he had sexually abused her, a court heard.

Georgia Walsh was 16 when she took her own life last year, leaving a note in which she said she hoped Brett Connell would "rot in hell" for what he had done, jurors were told.

A month earlier, she had given an account of how the 36-year-old allegedly molested her while tucking her in bed at night when she was aged 13 or 14.

Georgia told police she felt "lost and scared", became withdrawn from friends at school and believed she had to "stay silent" about what was happening, Maidstone Crown Court was told.

At the start of Connell's trial, prosecutor Dominic Connolly said Georgia made the allegations of abuse on February 8 last year. She confided in her mother, Jennifer, and was interviewed by police six days later.