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DEAD: Casey
A CHILLING series of deaths have been linked to bullying via social networking sites.
The victims - just like Matthew - were forced to endure the twin attacks of physical playground intimidation and internet threats.
Holly Grogan, 15, fell to her death from a bridge two months ago after suffering abuse on Facebook site.
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The schoolgirl from Charlton Kings, Gloucestershire, had also been forced to swap schools to avoid her tormentors.
In January, tragic Megan Gillian, 15, died from a drug overdose after bullies attacked her on her Bebo page. She was found in her bedroom in Macclesfield, Cheshire, by dad Mark, who said: "These sites have to be monitored."
Sam Leeson, 13, hanged himself in June last year after also enduring taunts on Bebo because of his love of alternative Emo music.
His father Christopher, 40, of Hardwicke, in Gloucestershire, appeals to other bullying victims: "Please talk to someone. Change your email address and change your mobile."
Rachel Jarvis, 12, hanged herself in January last year after visiting a so-called suicide website. The youngster, from Hull, had been bullied and had turned to self-harming.
Stephanie Burlingham, 14, was found hanged at her Leeds home in February 2007 after months of abuse by classmates.
An inquest heard the girl, nicknamed a "boff" (brainy student) was spat at, called a bitch and bullied through text messages and online.
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Promising footballer Casey Knibbs, aged 13, hanged himself at his home in Bodymoor Heath, Warwickshire, in March 2007, after taunts on Bebo.
At his inquest Coroner Michael Coker said of the site: "This sort of place can do an awful lot of harm."
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This grieves me. Anyone suffering bullying-there is support for you, seek help. Being a teenager is a bit of a tough time to begin with, besides being picked on, you are not alone. There are people who will help.
By Lisa Babe.. Posted November 29 2009 at 5:36 PM.
I think it's such a shame that in 2009 kids are having to resort to such measures to escape bullies. Schools should be doing more as should the social networking sites.
To read that someone can be tormented simply because of their choice of music to the point where they take there own life. Anyone found to be guilty of such bullying should be convicted of manslaughter. R.I.P for those for which it is too late and for anyone going through it now, or having such thoughts seek help.
It's funny as school bullies tend to amount to very little and those that come through being bullied tend to be far more interesting individuals as their individiuality that often makes them a target in later life makes them far more interesting.
By Xanthie.. Posted November 15 2009 at 4:51 PM.
R.I.P
By Jamie.. Posted November 15 2009 at 12:59 AM.