GARY, 12, HANGS HIMSELF AFTER MUM CONFISCATES HIS PLAYSTATION
By Jan Disley
A BOY aged 12 who was sent to his room and banned from using the PlayStation hanged himself.
Gary Lloyd had been told off by mum Gillian after having a detention at school, an inquest heard yesterday.
She later went to look in on him because no noise was coming from the room and found him hanging by his school tie from the top of a bunk bed.
Recording an accidental death verdict, deputy coroner Christopher Welton told the hearing in Stockport, Greater Manchester, he believed Gary was playing an attention-seeking prank that went "disastrously wrong".
The inquest heard Gary, who went to Werneth Secondary in Stockport, had been smiling when he left school.
Teacher Pradeep De, who supervised his detention given for not doing his homework and being late to school, said Gary was happy after seeing a former teacher.
But when he got home late Gary argued with his mum.
She went to look in on him after making tea and found him hanging. She and partner Leon Ball lifted him down and she tried to resuscitate him while Leon dialled 999.
Gary was declared dead later at hospital.
The inquest heard Mr Ball had once attempted suicide and Mr Welton said Gary saw it as a good way to attract attention.
Describing the boy as a "loveable rogue", he said, "he'd had his PlayStation taken away and he'd been chastised for being naughty.
"He'd seen a situation with his mother's partner that had attracted attention to him after he'd had a bit of a problem.
"He knew his mother would be coming up soon to find him.
"Sometimes it can be very easy to kill yourself with a ligature, if it's tied in a certain way it can happen very quickly and unexpectedly.""
After the inquest, Mrs Lloyd, from Stockport, said Gary, the eldest of her three children, was a very happy boy.
His death on October 13 last year was "a bolt from the blue".
Werneth Secondary said his death was met with "great sadness and disbelief".
Originally posted by Osmose
The thing both of you miss is the fact that it could have been simply an attention-grabbing technique. When a kid is twelve and has already seen attempted suicide, there's not a lot barring him from trying it out himself.
Originally posted by Lord Raffles
quote: Originally posted by Drace
And now you see how much an addiction a console can be if you give one to a to young a child.
RETARDED young child.
Originally posted by Lord Raffles
quote: Originally posted by Drace
And now you see how much an addiction a console can be if you give one to a to young a child.
RETARDED young child.
Originally posted by Darkfox
Pff... thats a really stupid reason to kill one's own self especially when the kid could have easily later on gotten his permission back.
Originally posted by Lord Raffles
quote: Originally posted by Drace
And now you see how much an addiction a console can be if you give one to a to young a child.
RETARDED young child.
Originally posted by Kijuki_Magazaki
And it looks like a 12 year old wrote that article.
Originally posted by Kijuki_Magazaki
And it looks like a 12 year old wrote that article.
Originally posted by Sqoad
Dunno what to belive.... If it's a fake or not... Usually the news paper contains more lies than truth... It was a stupid thing to do but if he now is dead we shouldn't just spit on his grave... those are just as bad or far worse than this kid.
Originally posted by tyia
......That's sad
Originally posted by drenrin2120
You guys are forgetting one point, the articale said the kid was an "attention grabber" The playstation is obviously not the reason he hung himself, unless he truly IS retarded or has something like OCD. Calling him stupid and idiotic is hardly right, I think the kid was crying out for help. Something was wrong in his life, and when no one answered his cry for help (causing trouble, already attempted suicide, I'm sure there's more) he had had enough.
This is a very real epidemic in the world today. I'm sure we all know someone that does something to hurt themselves. Why do you think they TRULY do it?
Originally posted by drenrin2120
The playstation is obviously not the reason he hung himself, unless he truly IS retarded or has something like OCD.
Originally posted by Razor
quote: Originally posted by drenrin2120
The playstation is obviously not the reason he hung himself, unless he truly IS retarded or has something like OCD.
He wasn't happy with how he hung himself the first time, so he did it again and again until he got it right. :)
Originally posted by Lord Raffles
All mental retards should be used for medical experiments to further the betterment of the human race... >:
The kid should have been beaten with a broom at an early age, and forced to eat fish heads.
All mental retards should be used for medical experiments to further the betterment of the human race...