Boy hangs himself after his mom takes away his Playstation

[MSTK]

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/tm_obj...m-confiscates-his-playstation--name_page.html

GARY, 12, HANGS HIMSELF AFTER MUM CONFISCATES HIS PLAYSTATION

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".

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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".

Honestly, where is society coming to these days?

 

[Perfection]

Honestly, where is society coming to these days?

People seeking attention can be quite silly.

 

[MeteorPunch]

Great...this will help Hillary Clinton seem legitamate.

 

[Damnyankee]

Horrible... I feel horrible for the mom.

 

[Yom]

Horrible... I feel horrible for the mom.

My sentiments exactly. The event apparently happened last year (October 13th), though. Why is the story so late?

 

[MeteorPunch]

Horrible... I feel horrible for the mom.

That wasn't even a very harsh punishment. There would have to be something seriously wrong with this kid for him to do that.

 

[rbis4rbb]

Grand Theft Auto must have told him to do it

 

[sysyphus]

Honestly, where is society coming to these days?

Where it's always been. There have been kids doing stupid things like this since the dawn of time.

 

[vbraun]

He obviuosly ran out of things to do because he couldn't play Video Games so he thought it would be a cool idea to re-enact a scene in a game.

Just making that up.

 

[Bigfoot]

A really sad story, I feel sorry the for Mom and her companion. To backup what sysyphus said, kids have always been inclined to do stupid things. There was a kid in my old neighborhood who committed suicide because his Mom wouldn't let him join the Boy Scouts. I guess he showed her...

 

[blindside]

The story is probably a lot more complex than it appears. His parents appear to be divorced. I'm sure there were other problems in this kids life and the playstation was probably his only source for getting away from it. Sad story.

 

[Sickman]

I would highlight these events and forget whole playstation thing.
Whether it was playstation or some other thing like already mentioned boy-scouts doesn't matter.

deputy coroner Christopher Welton told the hearing in Stockport, Greater Manchester, he believed Gary was playing an attention-seeking prank

The inquest heard Mr Ball had once attempted suicide and Mr Welton said Gary saw it as a good way to attract attention.

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.

 

[Chairman Meow]

Great...this will help Hillary Clinton seem legitamate.

uhh... Is this the thread you meant to reply to?

 

[Yom]

uhh... Is this the thread you meant to reply to?

I think he means that this event will give credence to Hillary's views expressed in that thread.

 

[h4ppy]

What a whiny little wimp. I feel sorry for the mom but not for the kid.

 

[Chairman Meow]

I think he means that this event will give credence to Hillary's views expressed in that thread.

ok. I was half-asleep at the time, and didn't quite get it...

 

[Quentin]

The boy really should be more careful when he's trying to fake a suicide attempt. Faking suicide is like doing extreme sports IMO, you get lots of attention and a natural high but you just might die from doing it too.

 

[amadeus]

Neither did I, I'm afraid. Sad story about the boy, but otherwise I don't really feel sympathetic towards the mother. It sounds like she had a role in this too, making her child depend on video games for entertainment.

 

[sysyphus]

Neither did I, I'm afraid. Sad story about the boy, but otherwise I don't really feel sympathetic towards the mother. It sounds like she had a role in this too, making her child depend on video games for entertainment.

Come on, you know so little about these people, how can you fairly say she made him a video game addict?

 

[Yom]

Neither did I, I'm afraid. Sad story about the boy, but otherwise I don't really feel sympathetic towards the mother. It sounds like she had a role in this too, making her child depend on video games for entertainment.

Nowhere in the article did it say he was an addict. He could just have been trying to get attention because he didn't get his way.