Boy hanged himself after being bullied
Bullies jealous of a teenage boy’s good looks drove him to suicide, his mother said after an inquest. Brandon Rayat, 15, hanged himself after being tormented by bullies who called him a paedophile, sent him text messages in the name of Jimmy Savile and threatened to rape his mother. The boy, from Leicester, suffered so much physical and mental abuse that he refused to leave home. His mother, Mina, said: “The bullies got in his head and sucked the life out of him. These boys were relentless.” The coroner said mental health services had missed chances to help.