‘Goodbye. Please
TRAGIC FINAL MESSAGE OF TEEN CHARLOTTE TO BOYFRIEND
A TEENAGER took her own life after accidentally sending a Snapchat message to her on-off boyfriend in which she revealed a liaison with someone else, an inquest heard.
College student Charlotte Guy, 17, had intended her confession to go to a friend but mistakenly sent it to Jack Hurst, 20, who was away at university.
After realising what she had done, Charlotte sent a message to Jack saying: “Goodbye. Please forgive me.” Her final message to Jack was: “I love you - knowing that you hate me is enough.”
Jack called police and used her Snapchat account to pinpoint her location, but Charlotte was found hanged from a tree near St John Rigby College in Wigan, where she had been studying healthcare.
The coroner’s inquest at Bolton was told the tragedy occurred on September 24 last year after Charlotte, of Orrell, Wigan, who also worked poolside at a Total Fitness gym, had been dating Jack for two years.
In a statement Jack - who is currently sitting exams at Newcastle University - said: “We stayed in contact by text messages and phone calls but she got upset about something that somebody had said to her about a girl I was seeing before I met her.
“She told me that she felt like I had lied to her and I tried to convince her otherwise but she said she didn’t want to be here anymore. I was concerned because she had made comments to me before about feeling that the world wasn’t meant for her.
“She was always worried about not making new friends, but she started a new course at college and made friends quickly and she seemed happy.
“I went to see her in Wigan on September 21. I spoke to her and she said that she wanted to end the relationship. She said that she felt like she couldn’t trust me, but wanted to stay friends. I said that it wasn’t what I wanted, but I went back to my parents in Blackpool.
“She asked if I was okay and I said that I felt we could continue our relationship. Charlotte went out with friends that night and I didn’t hear much from her.
“We carried on texting the next day and she told me that she kissed someone else that night. She went out on the Saturday night too. On Sunday she texted me to say that she wanted to talk. I said I was busy doing something and I would speak to her later. After this she sent me a Snapchat message that was meant for her friend, but that she had sent to me instead.
“The Snapchat referenced her sleeping with someone on the Saturday night. She told me that it wasn’t for me, and apologised and said she was a horrible person. She said that she wanted to talk and explain, but I said that I didn’t feel like talking and to message me to say what she wanted to say.
“At 17:11 I got a long text massage from her starting with ‘ok I think I get the point.’ This message concerned me and I tried to call her but she didn’t answer. I got another message at 17:13 saying ‘it doesn’t matter. Goodbye. Please forgive me.’
“The last message I got from her at 17:14 said: ‘I love you, knowing that you hate me is enough.’”