Heartbreak as bubbly teenager dies after 'being bullied at school'
08.03.2024 - 19:29
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A bubbly teenager who was bullied at school took her own life, an inquest has heard.
On the day of her death, Bella Greer, 14, was left upset due to an undisclosed matter with a pupil at Saint Bede's Catholic High School in Lytham.
According to friends, the teenager, who lived with her family in Lytham, had seemed to have "shrugged it off" as she was known to do.
But Bella, who was noted as having a "jovial and happy" personality, was later found unresponsive in her bedroom by her mother, Sarah. Blackpool Coroners Court heard she had gone upstairs to invite her daughter for some cake at around 6pm on October 5, 2023.
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Despite her best efforts, she was sadly unable to resuscitate her daughter. The inquest, held yesterday (March 7), also heard how Bella had received some negative feedback from the school where she was a student.
Coroner Louise Rae read out statements that painted Bella as a positive young person, who showed no obvious signs of depression.
But the coroner said she had been a victim of bullying from a young age - and had moved from Lytham High School due to the way the pupils treated her. The court heard how the "unpleasant" behaviour towards "sweet" and "generous" Bella started again at her new school.
She had gone to see her doctor with her mum to get help with her mental health just under a month before her passing. And the court heard that Bella had been referred for an "urgent" mental health assessment by her GP on September 12, 2023.
However, the referral had not been received as it had gone to the wrong email address. And on September 14, a member of the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) team helped