Girl found hanged in park was bullied before death, mother claims

A thirteen-year-old girl was tragically found hanged in a park where she used to build dens with her brother after viewing social media sites which ‘trivialised' suicide, her mother has claimed.

Alyssa Morris was found in Brungerley Park in Clitheroe, Lancashire five days short of her 14th birthday after mental health struggles and ‘social anxieties', an inquest heard.

According to her mother she had been bullied relentlessly at school, including being beaten up as well as being targeted online.

She is now urging parents to beware the potential harms from social media and online bullying, warning that children are