‘Bullied’ schoolgirl who killed herself was NOT driven to suicide by name-calling

A SCHOOLGIRL ended her own life was not bullied to the point of suicide, an inquest heard.

Morgan Dodds tragically killed herself in November last year just days after her 15th birthday.

It had been suggested she was the victim of bullying but police said the name calling, fighting and arguments Morgan faced was just “kids being kids” as a coroner agreed the issues were fairly typical of teenage girls’ behaviour.

The seemingly “happy and healthy” schoolgirl from Ryton, Gateshead, committed suicide just three days after her 15th birthday.

Morgan was found dead at Path Head Quarry on November 6 last year by a dog walker.

The inquest heard she left a suicide note in her exercise book which was found near to her body.

The Thorp Academy pupil appeared to be a happy girl, Detective Sergeant Gillian Beecroft said during the hearing at Newcastle’s Civic Centre.

She said: “In general it appears she had a tight group of friends. She was doing well at school, her grades were good but it does appear that she had some issues with some people.”

Previously her grieving mum Mary, 44, had said: “We will never know the full reasons behind Morgan’s death, but the consensus is that bullying has to have been an element of it.

“Morgan was bullied for a few different reasons, she was very pretty and very talented, so I think some of it might have been jealously.