Girl, 10, put on suicide watch by family after cyber bullying

 A heartbroken mother has revealed how she has had to place her 10-year-old daughter on “suicide watch” after she discovered an “ugly or not” poll launched by cyber bullies.

Mia-lili Bennett has not stopped crying and told her parents Corrinia Bennet, 33, and John Bennett, 42, that she wanted to “end it all” after seeing the cruel Instagram poll.

The post featured a photo of Mia-lili’s face with the words “who thinks she ugly” plastered over it – to which 53 per cent responded “hell ya”.

Bullies created an account under Mia-lili’s name to post the survey on June 2 and a family friend alerted Mrs Bennett to its existence last Tuesday.

The mother of three, who lives in Norwich, Norfolk, claims she immediately reported the poll to Instagram, which has since removed the post.

Mrs Bennett then faced the task of showing Mia-lili the post to find out if she knew about it, leaving her unaware little girl in floods of tears and suicidal.

Mrs Bennett, a customer experience assistant at a bookmaker, said: “I reported it to the police and they have been brilliant. They told Mia-lili it’s not her fault because she has been blaming herself, she thinks it’s her fault for setting up an account.”

A Norfolk Constabulary spokesman said: “We are still in quite early stages but the investigation is ongoing.”