Leading article: Tragic lessons of a shameful saga
Tragic lessons of a shameful saga
A more sickening and depressing tale it would be hard to conceive. A woman and her disabled daughter suffer years of unspeakable abuse and harassment from a group of local bullies. After failing to receive any help from neighbours, the police or the social services, they are driven to despair and, ultimately, suicide.
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[quote]“It is them up there that’s the troublemakers,” insisted 75-year-old Dorothy Simmons, gesticulating up the street which has been her home for 47 years. The family say the suggestion made at this week’s inquest that local children – including their own – drove the vulnerable 38-year-old single mother to end her and her daughter’s life by setting fire to her car in a nearby lay-by is fanciful.
“How can a few kids spirit knocking and throwing snowballs cause this? It is nothing to kill yourself over,” said Alex’s mother Suzanne, 44.
“She used to report things that never happened. She used to report people just sitting outside having a fag,” claimed Alex. “It was just silly,” added his mother. “I know the whole street is saying it’s our family. But they are not latch-key kids. I am at home all day and my husband works,” she said. [/quote]
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