Colchester schoolboy 'bullied to death' (From Essex County Standard)

SOMETHING2SAY says...
11:56am Fri 15 Mar 13

Bullying is on the increase...and not much seems to being done. I was bullied at school in the 70's...until the end of my last term...when i was offered a fight outside of school at lunchbreak....i knocked seven bags out of him...and was carried back into school on the shoulders of those that picked on me....and never had another problem . Shame i had to stoop to such a level. Shame this young chap had had enough. R.I.P

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Jess Jephcott says...
12:05pm Fri 15 Mar 13

It's too late to sort it out now. What were the teachers doing? What a tragic story. Please name and shame these bullies so that we all know who they are.

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Citizen 139 says...
12:05pm Fri 15 Mar 13

Philip Morant have got serious issues at the moment with teachers putting LOTS of pressure on kids for exams (makes you wonder - are the kids doing exams for the teachers or the kids themselves), and now this tragedy.

RIP Ayden.

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BeAuTiFuL_d says...
3:10pm Fri 15 Mar 13

I am a ex-pupil at Philip Morant, I know excautly what their plans are. They care more about the high flyers than any one else. I had so many family problems going on back when I was a student, and only a very few (3 teachers the max) gave a dam that I spent 5 years feeling very depressed. My heart is with the boy and his family.

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JimReynolds says...
3:22pm Fri 15 Mar 13

Killowatt01 wrote:
I was a close friend to Ayden and I would like this to be taken down, his family do not want this online or in news papers and I have reason to believe that there is little to no connection with bullying with his untimely death, I feel it is disrespectful and disgusting how you have 'jumped' to conclusions with this story because of what you 'think' you know. Please don't ask me any questions and please don't harass anyone at my school. If this is not taken down I'm sure Aydens family and friends will not be happy.

This is a preliminary story posted up in the absence of hard facts. It is for the coroner to determine what actually happened.

To post this story off the basis of a tweet is just irresponsible. Have you even validated that the twitter account belongs to his mum? How?

I have a child at the school who, like many of her schoolmates, is shocked and affected by Ayden's passing. All of them want to understand what happened but reporting like this hurts more than it helps.

My heart goes out tothe

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JimReynolds says...
3:24pm Fri 15 Mar 13

Sorry, that went out prematurely. I want to be clear that my comments are directed at the Gazette and not at Kilowatt who's views I support.

It would be nice if it were possible to edit or delete comments here !

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Bert_Stimpson says...
3:42pm Fri 15 Mar 13

Don't blame the Gazette. This was published online after it had appeared nationally.

http://www.dailymail
.co.uk/news/article-
2293749/Child-abuse-
campaigner-claims-14
-year-old-son-bullie
d-death-dead-home.ht
ml

The mother used the phrase 'bullied to death' on Twitter and this has naturally been picked up by the press. That's why you see it in quotation marks everywhere.

Sad story whatever the background. RIP Ayden

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BeAuTiFuL_d says...
3:46pm Fri 15 Mar 13

Killowatt01 wrote:

BeAuTiFuL_d wrote:
I am a ex-pupil at Philip Morant, I know excautly what their plans are. They care more about the high flyers than any one else. I had so many family problems going on back when I was a student, and only a very few (3 teachers the max) gave a dam that I spent 5 years feeling very depressed. My heart is with the boy and his family.
It's not like that, believe me, bullying does get taken care of and all the teachers do care, I've had so much support and I've been supporting others, but please can we have this taken down.

I understand you must feel this is not correct, but I must inform you that what I went through back at Philip Morant was uncalled for. I was discriminated, I was bossed about, told what i cannot and can do, because I am deaf, I got told I will not achieve very much. for 5 years I was fighting for my right as a pupil to be treated like a normal pupil, I was being bullied,so much by other students because I was different. I was always label as "Deaf and Dumb!" I do not know what happen to this boy, but I do know for a fact that when I was a student the teachers were so full it. They only care about students who will make them look good. Please understand where I am coming from, and what I had to deal with. I had close call to wanting my life over because i was sick of being shamed as different because i was deaf at that school.

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JimReynolds says...
3:52pm Fri 15 Mar 13

Bert_Stimpson wrote:
Don't blame the Gazette. This was published online after it had appeared nationally.

http://www.dailymail

.co.uk/news/article-

2293749/Child-abuse-

campaigner-claims-14

-year-old-son-bullie

d-death-dead-home.ht

ml

The mother used the phrase 'bullied to death' on Twitter and this has naturally been picked up by the press. That's why you see it in quotation marks everywhere.

Sad story whatever the background. RIP Ayden

Yes, looking at the wider media coverage now it looks like the Twitter post is almost certainly legit. I truly hope that my post hasn't caused any offence to Ayden's family but I naturally rail against quick media judgements in the absence of detail when a story like this is so awful for everyone involved.

As you say, heartbreaking. RIP Ayden.

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dominicbowers says...
4:26pm Fri 15 Mar 13

This is an unthinkable tragedy and our thoughts go out to Ayden's family and friends.

To explain, we were aware of Ayden's death and the possibility it was linked to bullying late on Thursday afternoon.

We contacted the school, ambulance service, police and tried to make contact with his mother. We ran a short piece in today's Gazette.

This morning, his mother posted a picture and message on her Twitter account that confirmed Ayden's death might have been linked to bullying.

We tried to contact everyone we spoke to or tried to speak to yesterday to make sure our reporting is accurate and sensitive.

Dom Bowers
Gazette news editor
dominic.bowers@nqe.c
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Hmm. says...
4:34pm Fri 15 Mar 13

Instead of commenting nasty things about whose said what, maybe this page should be used to send wishes to young Ayden's family and friends.

Thinking of you all who knew him. It's a tragedy whether it was bullying related or not.

Rest in Peace Ayden, sleep well x

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penny47 says...
4:34pm Fri 15 Mar 13

a beautiful boy inside and out,lost his life because of morons.i have known him a long time from when i used to take his brother to school,all my thoughts and love,to shy tim jarrad and del. from penny ****

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SOMETHING2SAY says...
4:37pm Fri 15 Mar 13

10 out of 10 for Dom/gazette speaking up.......if "online readers " do not like the output...then do not give the input.

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Say It As It Is OK? says...
7:50am Sat 16 Mar 13

Rest in peace Ayden....

Really should not comment further but this thread alone shows there is also a degree of bullying on this thread by Killowatt01 with their insistence that bullying goes on regularly at Phillip Morant without providing any evidence to support their claim.

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chazie says...
8:32am Sat 16 Mar 13

I agree with "Say It As It Is" think very carefully on what your saying

RIP Ayden

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SomethingToSay25 says...
11:03am Sat 16 Mar 13

Can I just say as a pupil at pms right now and a very close friend of ayden that our school has done so much for everyone, teachers do care and it's not all about exams, especially not at the moment! No disrespect to anyone but what we don't need right now is people judging and blaming to school for not doing enough because nobody could've known, he was my best friend and I didn't know, his parents didn't know, so with respect please stop judging the school on this one tragedy and leave us&his family alone to grieve
Thanks

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ibelieveinangels says...
11:08am Sat 16 Mar 13

My heart goes out to his family. May you rest in peace. Xxx

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rhetoric says...
12:22pm Sat 16 Mar 13

To those who want their comments removed, and I can understand that sometimes people have more information and wish they had not posted, then the only thing you have to do is click "report this post" and ask for the comment to be taken down.
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This can take a deal of time, but then at evenings and weekends do you expect the Gazette to be fully staffed with IT people just waiting to do editing? Unfortunately in this current financial climate it isn't going to happen with the speed of light, but with any justification for the request, it WILL happen eventually.
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Bullying has to stop, and often it results in the tragic death or injury or breakdown of the brightest children, the ones we should be counting on to take our care and government to the next generation and beyond. Whether or not bullying was the cause of this fine young man's death is not yet proven, but let's not brush it under the mat.
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There are many sad people out there who are jealous and depressed and know no other way to express it than to hurt others. As with nursing, teaching needs to be above all a caring profession. If you can't care about people, keep out of the classroom.
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I was at school at a time when all these feelings and problems were never acknowledged, but I was fortunate to be in a school where the teachers were wise, and life was levelled out without fuss, not too fast, but it was known in the staff room what went on in the playground. The staff loved the subjects they were teaching - well, most of them did - and communicated this to the students. There is no better way to make students happy, fulfilled and successful than to display an enthusiasm for the subject being taught.
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Somewhere along the line, respect for teachers, discipline and the urge to "get on in life" have been damaged. It's an uphill struggle that the best of teachers face. Just keep an eye out for the children you think might be pushed around, and take careful measures to help not only the pushed, but the pushers. Find out why they are so full of hate and violence.
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How fortunate I was as a 4 year old, to have a teacher who was able to pick me up when I fell in the playground, bathe my leg and administer the standard TCP and dressing! Now the poor children have to be seen to in the presence of at least two staff, and can never be given a quick hug to make it better.
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Things are going wrong all round. Can we heed the wake up call and start to turn in another direction?
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My heart goes out to the parents in this case. They will never be free of the sadness, but I wish them the love and the ability to go on with their lives for themselves and the rest of their family.

To those who want their comments removed, and I can understand that sometimes people have more information and wish they had not posted, then the only thing you have to do is click "report this post" and ask for the comment to be taken down. . This can take a deal of time, but then at evenings and weekends do you expect the Gazette to be fully staffed with IT people just waiting to do editing? Unfortunately in this current financial climate it isn't going to happen with the speed of light, but with any justification for the request, it WILL happen eventually. . Bullying has to stop, and often it results in the tragic death or injury or breakdown of the brightest children, the ones we should be counting on to take our care and government to the next generation and beyond. Whether or not bullying was the cause of this fine young man's death is not yet proven, but let's not brush it under the mat. . There are many sad people out there who are jealous and depressed and know no other way to express it than to hurt others. As with nursing, teaching needs to be above all a caring profession. If you can't care about people, keep out of the classroom. . I was at school at a time when all these feelings and problems were never acknowledged, but I was fortunate to be in a school where the teachers were wise, and life was levelled out without fuss, not too fast, but it was known in the staff room what went on in the playground. The staff loved the subjects they were teaching - well, most of them did - and communicated this to the students. There is no better way to make students happy, fulfilled and successful than to display an enthusiasm for the subject being taught. . Somewhere along the line, respect for teachers, discipline and the urge to "get on in life" have been damaged. It's an uphill struggle that the best of teachers face. Just keep an eye out for the children you think might be pushed around, and take careful measures to help not only the pushed, but the pushers. Find out why they are so full of hate and violence. . How fortunate I was as a 4 year old, to have a teacher who was able to pick me up when I fell in the playground, bathe my leg and administer the standard TCP and dressing! Now the poor children have to be seen to in the presence of at least two staff, and can never be given a quick hug to make it better. . Things are going wrong all round. Can we heed the wake up call and start to turn in another direction? . My heart goes out to the parents in this case. They will never be free of the sadness, but I wish them the love and the ability to go on with their lives for themselves and the rest of their family. rhetoric

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Boris says...
12:06am Sun 17 Mar 13

Very good comments, rhetoric, thanks for your words which I hope the younger people will appreciate as showing that some of us do feel very deeply for this young man and his family.
R.I.P. Ayden.

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Say It As It Is OK? says...
9:38am Sun 17 Mar 13

It's so sad that Aydens mother is still constantly tweeting to the whole world about the loss of her son. So much for personal family grief if everyone goes out and broadcasts it on Twitter or Facebook for all to see. I'm sure that was never the intention of those who set up these social network sites.

So those calling for this thread to be removed should ask themselves why it should be removed? particularly when Ayden's own mother wants everyone to know!

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TheEqualizer1 says...
11:11am Sun 17 Mar 13

BeAuTiFuL_d wrote:
I am a ex-pupil at Philip Morant, I know excautly what their plans are. They care more about the high flyers than any one else. I had so many family problems going on back when I was a student, and only a very few (3 teachers the max) gave a dam that I spent 5 years feeling very depressed. My heart is with the boy and his family.

I am in agreement with this post from beautiful d.
Some of these education units are only interested in the top tier echelon.
The 6th Form College is a disastrous example of such.
Year in and year out we see these schoolie middle class types waving their 14 A Star Grades in the local paper normally a center double page spread.
Those at the top of the tree do not necessarily become distinction candidates at university.
This sink or swim do or dont mentality advocated by the current government, is strangling self improvement.
In 2010 the teaching unions had their arms put up their own backs by the state over their pensions. Now the teaching fraternity is singing to the hymm sheet of Michael Gove although with bitter and gritted teeth.
Teachers are deliberately slow footing and show shuffling and not helping those in genuine need.
Think of those pupils born between 1994 to 1997....Now through important elements of their current education...NO E.M.A...MASSIVE RISES IN TUITION FEES....WIDENING OF GRADE BOUNDARIES.....CANCE
LLATION OF U.C.A.S. POINTS FOR ENTRY TO MAJOR UNIVERSITIES.....Thi
s is a cynical kick in the teeth to those of the 94 to 97 generation....
Teachers need to pull their finger out or sign on the dole.....Drowing your sorrows in the pub after school smoking your rollies pretending that your pro feminist or back in your Uni days will NOT help these kids...
As for the 6th Form College it has turned into an education WHITE Elephant local schools need to apply to have their own 6th Forms back!!!!!
This lad was failed and failed quite miserably...What a sad and shameful loss to a lovely looking child...
Phillip Morant has still not lost its Ghosts from the days of Mr Moon...
High Fliers dont make men woman and gumption. The grit and tenacity of the young british soul is normally cultivated through nurturing and self inprovement coupled with the opportunity to improve oneself via positive encouragement.
Pandering to the states big wigs and blue bloods via the threat of being black mailed over your guilt edge pensions is not the way forward...
We payed for your degrees back in the 80's, now pay us back by supporting our children, that are going through their education and teenage issues...THE EQUALIZER You Know I speak the truth for all!!!!

[quote][p][bold]BeAuTiFuL_d[/bold] wrote: I am a ex-pupil at Philip Morant, I know excautly what their plans are. They care more about the high flyers than any one else. I had so many family problems going on back when I was a student, and only a very few (3 teachers the max) gave a dam that I spent 5 years feeling very depressed. My heart is with the boy and his family.[/p][/quote]I am in agreement with this post from beautiful d. Some of these education units are only interested in the top tier echelon. The 6th Form College is a disastrous example of such. Year in and year out we see these schoolie middle class types waving their 14 A Star Grades in the local paper normally a center double page spread. Those at the top of the tree do not necessarily become distinction candidates at university. This sink or swim do or dont mentality advocated by the current government, is strangling self improvement. In 2010 the teaching unions had their arms put up their own backs by the state over their pensions. Now the teaching fraternity is singing to the hymm sheet of Michael Gove although with bitter and gritted teeth. Teachers are deliberately slow footing and show shuffling and not helping those in genuine need. Think of those pupils born between 1994 to 1997....Now through important elements of their current education...NO E.M.A...MASSIVE RISES IN TUITION FEES....WIDENING OF GRADE BOUNDARIES.....CANCE LLATION OF U.C.A.S. POINTS FOR ENTRY TO MAJOR UNIVERSITIES.....Thi s is a cynical kick in the teeth to those of the 94 to 97 generation.... Teachers need to pull their finger out or sign on the dole.....Drowing your sorrows in the pub after school smoking your rollies pretending that your pro feminist or back in your Uni days will NOT help these kids... As for the 6th Form College it has turned into an education WHITE Elephant local schools need to apply to have their own 6th Forms back!!!!! This lad was failed and failed quite miserably...What a sad and shameful loss to a lovely looking child... Phillip Morant has still not lost its Ghosts from the days of Mr Moon... High Fliers dont make men woman and gumption. The grit and tenacity of the young british soul is normally cultivated through nurturing and self inprovement coupled with the opportunity to improve oneself via positive encouragement. Pandering to the states big wigs and blue bloods via the threat of being black mailed over your guilt edge pensions is not the way forward... We payed for your degrees back in the 80's, now pay us back by supporting our children, that are going through their education and teenage issues...THE EQUALIZER You Know I speak the truth for all!!!! TheEqualizer1

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jut1972 says...
3:07pm Sun 17 Mar 13

FFS the woman is grieving cut her some slack.

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Red Tape 2 says...
9:06pm Sun 17 Mar 13

I would like to add my condolences to his family and friends at such a terrible loss. RIP Ayden. I hope the cowards responsible can sleep at night.

However if we want to stop bullying we have to overcome the perception that reporting it is "grassing" and you "don't grass!" That is rubbish and is the only thing that protects the cowards who bully and allows them to get away with it. If you know someone is being bullied - be it at school, work or elsewhere - it is YOUR DUTY to report it. If by doing so you stop a tragedy like this from happening then surely it's a no-brainer? REPORT THE BULLIES NOW!

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The Educated says...
2:28am Mon 18 Mar 13

My condolences to the family.R.I.P Ayden.

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rhetoric says...
9:56am Mon 18 Mar 13

If you think I am a bully, Citroen, then you truly have a huge problem.
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I hope you can get some help in understanding others' prose and dissociating yourself from what is written, but I doubt you will consider that you need it.
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"Bulling" ? What is that?

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Boris says...
12:29pm Mon 18 Mar 13

Citroen, you didn't exist until this morning, so please show us why anyone should pay attention to your peculiar ramblings.

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ColchesterND says...
12:37pm Mon 18 Mar 13

So, so, so sad. I am surprised that a death like this is labelled 'not suspicious' by police. Do the authorities really give so little weight to the cause?

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Say It As It Is OK? says...
1:16pm Mon 18 Mar 13

ColchesterND wrote:
So, so, so sad. I am surprised that a death like this is labelled 'not suspicious' by police. Do the authorities really give so little weight to the cause?

Suicide is not something the police consider to be suspicious. The Coroners office will investigate and the Coroner will, in time, make a decision on the formal cause of death.

It's painfull and a sad personal tragedy for those left behind, but unfortunately all too common these days. I lost a close relative to suicide and the family still question, 30 years on, why we couldn't help! The pain never goes away but blaming others won't help either.

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GVP says...
1:44pm Mon 18 Mar 13

Wow there is a surprise the P.M school having bullies. seems nothing has changed in the 15 years since my wife went there then!

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RIP~AYDEN says...
2:06pm Mon 18 Mar 13

You all need to back off from shy and Tim, let them grieve in peace!!!! if Shy wants to tweet on twitter then thats her choice snd its her way of coping with the death of her son, everyone grieves in different ways!!!!! I know the truth about Aydens death, my SISTER is Aydens best friend, she knows more about him than any of you pretend to know, some of you say your his best friend when all you want is spot light in the media none of you cared of liked ayden so stop pretending you did!!! My Sister, and Aydens family are heartbroken right now and still trying to come to terms with their loss, so how about all of you mind your own business stop publishing false information and let us grieve for Ayden, in the ways we want to!!!!!!!!!!
IF YOU ALL HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT THEN YOU CAN DEAL WITH ME!!!!!!!

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Burt67 says...
4:40pm Mon 18 Mar 13

RIP~AYDEN wrote:
You all need to back off from shy and Tim, let them grieve in peace!!!! if Shy wants to tweet on twitter then thats her choice snd its her way of coping with the death of her son, everyone grieves in different ways!!!!! I know the truth about Aydens death, my SISTER is Aydens best friend, she knows more about him than any of you pretend to know, some of you say your his best friend when all you want is spot light in the media none of you cared of liked ayden so stop pretending you did!!! My Sister, and Aydens family are heartbroken right now and still trying to come to terms with their loss, so how about all of you mind your own business stop publishing false information and let us grieve for Ayden, in the ways we want to!!!!!!!!!!
IF YOU ALL HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT THEN YOU CAN DEAL WITH ME!!!!!!!

Instead of threatening everyone, which by the way is a form of Bulling, you go and comfort your sister. This is not the right place to be if you are grieving.

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Youngone85 says...
4:52pm Mon 18 Mar 13

"Much-loved and talented pupil" so much so that the teachers and head never did anything about it but in fact made it worse!!!!! So very sad and tragic and my heart goes out to Aydens family may he now rest peacefully

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6079 Smith W says...
5:05pm Mon 18 Mar 13

Jess Jephcott wrote:
It's too late to sort it out now. What were the teachers doing? What a tragic story. Please name and shame these bullies so that we all know who they are.

According to the national press, the bullying was of a racist nature. So all the morons who use this website to spout their bigoted, racist, filth, need to take a long, hard, look at themselves. You are the ones inciting and encouraging such bullying, making kids think racism is acceptable.

And others, lay off the mum.

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Say It As It Is OK? says...
5:19pm Mon 18 Mar 13

Burt67 wrote:

RIP~AYDEN wrote:
You all need to back off from shy and Tim, let them grieve in peace!!!! if Shy wants to tweet on twitter then thats her choice snd its her way of coping with the death of her son, everyone grieves in different ways!!!!! I know the truth about Aydens death, my SISTER is Aydens best friend, she knows more about him than any of you pretend to know, some of you say your his best friend when all you want is spot light in the media none of you cared of liked ayden so stop pretending you did!!! My Sister, and Aydens family are heartbroken right now and still trying to come to terms with their loss, so how about all of you mind your own business stop publishing false information and let us grieve for Ayden, in the ways we want to!!!!!!!!!!
IF YOU ALL HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT THEN YOU CAN DEAL WITH ME!!!!!!!
Instead of threatening everyone, which by the way is a form of Bulling, you go and comfort your sister. This is not the right place to be if you are grieving.

Agree, bullies come in many guises!

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Boris says...
8:33pm Mon 18 Mar 13

6079 Smith W wrote:

Jess Jephcott wrote:
It's too late to sort it out now. What were the teachers doing? What a tragic story. Please name and shame these bullies so that we all know who they are.
According to the national press, the bullying was of a racist nature. So all the morons who use this website to spout their bigoted, racist, filth, need to take a long, hard, look at themselves. You are the ones inciting and encouraging such bullying, making kids think racism is acceptable.

And others, lay off the mum.

Well said, Winston. Only when adults stop making racist comments will children follow their lead and then finally we can hope for the poison to die out.
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exile73 says...
12:09am Tue 19 Mar 13

this whole thread has been strange one.weve had people defending the school (school governors or teachers?) people also posing as friends of this poor lad and defending the school - given all media reports this poor kid was racially abused at this school and they did nothing about it.its all a bit stepford for my liking..like the cover up that went on when that girl got tied to the school fence at the primary school a few miles away by one of the governors kids (allegedly) about racism colchester is particularly small minded imo and there is a lot of racism about.if someone like me a white bloke who moved here 20 years ago doesnt get accepted by the yokels what chance does anyone with different colour skin have?

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SOMETHINGTOSAY100 says...
4:37pm Wed 20 Mar 13

I am a student at Philip Morant School and i am also in Ayden's year. Firstly I would like to share my respect for Ayden's family at this very sad time. Although, over the past week since Ayden's death i have heard a stupid amont of negative publicity regarding my school. No-one could have known about the bullying, even if it did happen, furthermore, the people on here who think they have the right to say whatever they hear in the papers. This tragic story has been twisted by the papers and you idiots who think you know everything have believed them. Personally over the past week, i think the school has dealt with the situation exceptionally and we have has several assemblies. The school have set up a club for anyone who has been effected by this event, and there are professional staff in place for anyone who would like to talk about the situation or just have some time alone. It is absolutely ridiculous the comments I have heard and I think it should be known how well my school and teachers are dealing with it. Following the comments I have seen about ''what have the teachers been doing'', the teachers didn't know, Ayden didnt tell anyone, not even his closest friends and people have jumped to these injust conclusions about what they believe has happened. The teachers would have done something about it, my very close friend was being bullied by some older children at the school, who have now thankfully left, and we went to a teacher about it and it was handled immediately and the bullies were also dealt with very fast. Since then my friend has had no problem with bullying and a further comment to any parent out there who is now not considering to send there child to my school, it is brilliant.

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SOMETHINGTOSAY100 says...
4:40pm Wed 20 Mar 13

and if anyone believes I did not know Ayden, I know that he was in Faraday and I am in Nuffield, and he was also in the 'y' section of the year.

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Hartsock91 says...
2:07pm Thu 21 Mar 13

Now students are walking around Philip Morant with blood on their hand for life.

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Liamfw says...
4:31pm Thu 21 Mar 13

Its clear from Ayden's mum that this has been going on for some time.

To those who claim that no-one could have known - that's obviously not the case.

Aydens own mum has spoken of a number of meetings with the schools, of bullies admitting what they had done, of the bullying continuing and a previous attempt at his life last year followed by a period away from the school. Whatever could have been to prevent this, it is absolutely clear that the school were aware of the issue. Why they couldn't stop it is the real question.

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exile73 says...
10:20am Fri 22 Mar 13

as i said previously, its like theres some sort of school round table.some sort of secret society around here...look at the desperate comments on here from people obv posting as pupils tryin to defend the school. if you were a mate of this lad surely you would be angry at the school for not sorting this out as his mum says she reported it loads of times..stepford colchester strikes again..o

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shallowJoker says...
11:53am Sat 6 Apr 13

Odd how now he is dead everyone claims to have been his friend, yet when he was alive no one wanted to know him.

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Belenius says...
6:23pm Tue 9 Apr 13

I have experienced bullying in a school many years ago (not in Colchester) including having a bat smashed into my head. I am aware of the sort of feelings that Ayden would have gone through. It is in reality hard for teachers and parents to deal with bullying, there are no magic formulas otherwise bullying would have vanished decades ago. Ayden was locked into a corner, being in his position I know that once you have a pack of bullies on you there is practically no easy options out of it, I understand why he would opt for suicide.

The bullies have blood on their hands, the death of Ayden will stay with the bullies for life.

The onus to protect Ayden was with teachers and parents. For whatever reason the teachers and parents appeared impotent to help Ayden. As Ayden had attempted suicide before I figured it was obvious to get him out of the loop that was causing him to feel suicidal, at least until the issues behind the bullying was resolved.

I like one or two others have spotted the attempt by unknown persons to spin a positive picture for Philip Morant School. I am also aware that all schools seem obsessed with exams and results rather than focus on the needs of individuals.

As to the demands for censorship. Why? The story is splattered across the internet and national media, Shy Keenan has made sure of that.

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