Teenager Commits Suicide After She Was Suspended from School (Photo)

 

Francesca Candita-Simpkins, a brilliant teenager killed herself in her parents' garden shed the day after being suspended from grammar school.

Francesca who told a teacher last year she'd had suicidal thoughts since she was six-years-old - was just 13 when she was found hanged in April this year.

The teen, who planned to join the diplomatic service after studying at Oxford , was excluded from school for two days after stealing a craft knife from a design technology classroom.

She stole the knife with a friend so that they could become 'blood sisters,' Southwark Coroner's Court was told.

An inquet heard that the prestigious Newstead Wood grammar school failed to consider how excluding Francesca would affect her - even though the year nine pupil had attempted an overdose six months before and had had a difficult relationship with her parents.

Coroner Lorna Tagliavini criticised the school for failing to take into consideration the tragic youngster's circumstances when they punished her.

Francesca had been receiving treatment for anxiety from the local mental health trust on and off since 2008.