An autistic girl who received a social media message asking her to ‘go kill yourself’ has been pulled out of her school by her parents.
Angelina Joyce, 13, is now being home schooled after her mother removed her from a Queensland school amid fears her daughter will become the next Dolly Everett.
‘Dolly’, 14, from the Northern Territory outback, took her own life on January 3 after an onslaught of online harassment and bullying.
Angelina Joyce, 13, is now being home schooled by her parents after her mother removed her from a Queensland school amid fears her daughter will become the next Dolly Everett. Amy ‘Dolly’ Everett is pictured.
Angelina described her situation as ‘really bad’ and said she is being threatened and chased around the Chancellor State College in the Sunshine Coast, Queensland (street view is pictured).
Angelina’s mother, Lindsay, told The Courier Mail her daughter is too afraid to return to Chancellor State College on the state’s Sunshine Coast.
A boy at the school allegedly chased her daughter and said ‘I’m going to kill you… I’m going to slash your throat,’ according to the publication.
The school student then reportedly received an Instagram message from an anonymous social media user saying ‘Go kill yourself b****’.
Angelina described her situation as ‘really bad’ and said she is being threatened and chased around the school.
Dolly’s death sparked a national conversation about bullying – with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull saying more needs to be done.
‘This year was really bad. I was getting threatened and being chased around the school. The only reason I’m still here – living – is because of my parents’.
An Education Department spokesperson told the publication violent behaviour is not tolerated and any threat to the student is being taken ‘extremely seriously’.
The news comes after Amy ‘Dolly’ Everett’s death by suicide on January 3 sparked a national conversation about bullying.
Her father, Tick Everett, invited her tormentors to her funeral so they could ‘witness our family’s devastation’.
Readers seeking support and information about suicide prevention can contact Lifeline on 13 11 14.
Amy ‘Dolly’ Everett (pictured) died by suicide on January 3 following a vicious cyber-bullying onslaught