Girl, 11, commits suicide after relentless bullying

Girl, 11, commits suicide after relentless bullying

This young girl survived brain cancer at age three but killed herself after bullying over her ‘crooked’ smile. 

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Don't you sometimes hear stories about other human beings that make you feel ashamed to be part of the species?



We speak about it often and there's another case. Bullying.



Read: Parents obtain protection order against Durban school bullies



An 11-year-old girl, who survived brain cancer at the age of three, killed herself because she couldn't take the bullying from other children as they constantly ragged her about her ‘crooked’ smile.



After being diagnosed with a brain tumour at the age of three, she was left with nerve damage and thus the crooked smile.



Her mother had actually called the school the week of her death to complain, but it became too much, and Bethany called a friend to say she couldn’t take any more, before finding her father’s gun and shooting herself.



Read: Umlazi shooting leave 1 dead, 1 injured 



Has your child been bullied?



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