Boy who was bullied commits suicide

"On March 28 Simon took his own life after years of bullying at school. He died in hospital four days later...Simon had been picked on since he started primary school..."

"He wasn’t what you imagine a bullying victim to be," says Julie. "But over the years the taunts, the threats, the kicks, the punches he faced every school day built up. "They chipped away until he couldn’t take it any more."..

" `Time and again I went to school and they kept saying they were dealing with it,` she says. `They say they have a zero-tolerance policy but all I saw was kids being told off or sent home and then returning and starting again.`"

" `Simon did everything they tell you to do when you’re being bullied. "He stood up for himself, wouldn’t be cowed. But the bullies didn’t respond to his strength, just found more ways to torment him. `"

"Simon would invent ways of avoiding school putting hot-water bottles in his bed to feign a fever or make himself vomit. Julie let him stay home but when his attendance dipped under 85 per cent, social services arrived."

"`Then I had to say no to him,` " says Julie...Now she says she wishes she’d had the courage to pull him out of school. `I didn’t have the guts to go up against social services. It’s my one regret,` she says..."

"She says: `If I could give one piece of advice to parents whose children are being bullied it’s to never, ever let the authorities tell you what’s best for your child.`"

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