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Young man's 'cry for help' over bullies
A BULLIED teenager was found hanged at his home with lyrics from a rock song scrawled on his arm, an inquest heard. From the age of 15 Dean Booth, 18, was tormented by bullies at Castleford High School and developed depression and anger.
His mother Margaret said she believed it was a cry for help and he had not intended to kill himself. The hearing was told that he had tried to hang himself on several occasions, and even tried to hurl himself in front of cars to escape his tormentors.
The trainee auctioneer, from Castleford, had written the words "bestrafe mich" – German for "punish me" on his arms – lyrics from German rock band Rammstein.
A post-mortem examinationfound he had 121mg of alcohol in 100ml of blood, which would have had a "significant effect on his moodset and cognitive skills". Coroner Mary Burke recorded an open verdict.
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