An inquest has heard how a schoolgirl was sent a TikTok video showing her ‘how to tie a knot that couldn’t be untied’ a week before she killed herself.
video showing her ‘how to tie a knot that couldn’t be untied’ a week before she killed herself, an inquest has heard.Northumberland Coroner’s Court today heard a statement from her mother, Jamie Patterson, who said the 12-year-old’s behaviour dramatically changed halfway through her first year of secondary school.
The statement read by senior coroner Andrew Hetherington said that Ms Patterson checked Charley’s phone in January 2020 and saw a ‘shocking’ message which read: ‘You’re useless, you can’t even kill yourself properly.’ It was during the pandemic, when children received schooling remotely, that Charley first started to receive messages, the inquest heard.
Charley Patterson was a ‘bright, caring, funny girl’ who loved animals and wanted to become a zookeeper
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