Open verdict on Polish teen found hanged at school

A CORONER has recorded an open verdict on the death of a Polish-born teenager found hanged in school toilets after saying that she had been told to ‘go back to your own country’ by pupils.

Dagmara Przybysz, 16, told her mother Ewelina and boyfriend Lewis that she was being taunted by girls who called her a ‘stupid Pole’, before she was found dead at Pool Academy near Redruth, Cornwall, on May 17, 2016.

Cornwall Coroner Dr Emma Carlyon said yesterday that ‘although the evidence pointed to a self-inflicted death’ there was no other evidence that Dagmara had intended to end her own life, such as a note.

However staff at the school, including assistant principal Lisette Neesham, said there was no record of Dagmara suffering from either bullying or racism.