‘Bullied’ schoolgirl, 12, was found hanged in her bedroom after sharing social media photo of her foot with ‘RIP’ drawn on it, inquest hears
- Jessica Scatterson killed herself at her home in Warrington, Cheshire, in 2017
- Drawings and notes referencing suicide were found in her room days suicide
- Nasty messages sent between her and friends were discovered on her iPad
A ‘bullied’ 12-year-old hanged herself in her bedroom after posting a picture on social media of her foot with ‘RIP’ written on it.
Jessica Scatterson took her own life at home in Warrington, Cheshire, at 3.45am on April 22, 2017.
An inquest into her death heard she was ’emotionally overwhelmed’ and had become overactive on social media before her death.
Jessica Scatterson hanged herself in her bedroom after posting a picture on social media of her foot with ‘RIP’ written on it, an inquest was told
The 12-year-old was ’emotionally overwhelmed’ and had become overactive on social media before her death, the inquest heard
On the night of the schoolgirl’s death, police were called to her home after receiving calls from her concerned friends
The hearing was told drawings and notes referencing death and suicide were found in her room days after she passed. The notes included the name of an alleged bully.
Nasty messages between the girl and her friends in the days leading up to her death were discovered on her iPad, the inquest heard.
Senior Coroner for Cheshire, Alan Moore, said: ‘The level and the intensity of her activity on social media platforms…cannot have failed to have influenced her intentions,’ The Sun reports.
Inspector Hannah Friend told the hearing that around a year before her suicide, Jessica had come home with scratches on her face and a swollen eye after ‘an incident’ at school.
Drawings and notes referencing death and suicide were found in her room days after she passed
Nasty messages between the girl and her friends in the days leading up to her death were discovered on her iPad
The coroner said it was clear the schoolgirl ‘must have felt emotionally overwhelmed at the time she took her own life’.
‘The level and the intensity of her activity on social media platforms, in particularly in the build-up to her death, cannot have failed to have influenced her thinking, her state of mind and her intentions.’
On the night of her death, police were called to her home after receiving calls from Jessica’s concerned friends.
Jessica had sustained injuries after ‘an incident’ at school around a year before her suicide
Officers woke her father Christopher by shouting towards an upstairs window, before hearing a ‘loud scream’ from inside the house.
Jessica was treated by paramedics at the scene but she was pronounced dead after arriving at hospital.
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