Girl, 14, died after being told to ‘kill herself’ in cyber-bullying campaign

A 14-year-old miss killed herself aft a cyber-bullying run that included a social media radical dedicated to targeting her.

The radical – called ‘I hatred Megan Evans’ was removed aft being reported to the school – Megan’s mother, Nicola Harteveld, said.

But she discovered much portion searching Megan’s Snapchat and Facebook accounts aft the girl’s member recovered her dormant successful the location successful 2017.

It had been portion of a cyber-bullying run that included Megan being told to ‘kill herself’ connected societal media.

For weeks, Megan, a usually ‘studious and well-behaved girl, according to her mum, had been having ‘outbursts’ successful class.

But contempt calling Nicola astir mundane implicit azygous infringements, the schoolhouse ne'er made the household alert of immoderate atrocious behaviour.

Nicola, a parent of eight, said: ‘They knew her behaviour was retired of character, it was getting worse, she was verbally abusive to staff.

‘They indispensable person known that thing was wrong.’

But erstwhile Megan’s friends were asked if they thought she was being bullied, ‘all of them said no’, according to Malcolm Duthie, representing the acquisition authorization astatine Pembrokeshire Council.

He said it would person been hard for the schoolhouse to stitchery grounds of bullying that took spot connected Snapchat, wherever messages automatically vanish aft 24 hours.

Mr Duthrie said Megan whitethorn person been upset by an statement with a pupil, oregon interest for her father’s health.

She had appeared to beryllium successful bully spirits erstwhile she attended a gathering astir a schoolhouse travel to France connected February 7, 2017.

That night, erstwhile her member couldn’t find her astatine their location successful Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, helium called their parents, who had near for a travel to Cardiff with the 4 youngest siblings.

Eventually, helium recovered her successful a locked upstairs bedroom. The efforts of family, paramedics and infirmary unit could not prevention her.

Nicola told constabulary she had ‘no thought wherefore Megan would bash this’, describing her arsenic an intelligent, benignant and vibrant teenager.

In a statement, the household said: ‘She had a large bosom and would bash thing to assistance anyone.

‘She brought emotion and laughter into our location and was ever afloat of energy. Her friends adored her, and she ever stood up for what she believed in.’

A talented creator and hockey player, Megan was excited for an upcoming Justin Bieber performance earlier she died.

Since then, her different Nicola has campaigned to rise consciousness astir intelligence wellness and the dangers of bullying.

As portion of this, she acceptable up Megan’s Starr Foundation, which provides escaped counselling and adjacent enactment to young radical successful Pembrokeshire.

The inquest successful Haverfordwest continues.

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