A DANCER who escaped death in the Costa Concordia tragedy has branded the compensation offer as “insulting”.

Rose Metcalf, a 23-year-old from Moor Crichel near Blandford, was on board the Italian cruise ship when it ran aground, killing 32 people.

She said the 6,000 euro (£4,900) offer only accounts for a third of the value of what she lost during the accident in January.

She has joined a class action lawsuit in the US against the ship’s operator Carnival Group which is demanding £105,000 for each passenger.

Rose, who went to QE School in Wimborne and attended Stage Door Dance and Drama School in Bournemouth, said: “I fulfilled my duty in the emergency drill and more so.

“To be offered a package worth a third of my lost possessions is insulting.”

Carnival Group said Miss Metcalf was not directly employed by the firm and the compensation met the terms negotiated between trade unions and crew members’ employers.

The company said the level of money was not its decision as this had been offered on its behalf by Lloyds of London