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| Girl bullies guilty of fall death | |
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| Two teenage girls have been found guilty of causing the death of a vicar's daughter who jumped from a window in south-east London. | |
| Kemi Ajose, 19, and a 15-year-old girl, who cannot be named, were found guilty of manslaughter. | Kemi Ajose, 19, and a 15-year-old girl, who cannot be named, were found guilty of manslaughter. |
| Rosimeiri Boxall, 19, died after falling from the third-floor kitchen window of Ajose's flat in May 2008. | Rosimeiri Boxall, 19, died after falling from the third-floor kitchen window of Ajose's flat in May 2008. |
| Miss Boxall was beaten and bullied by the teenagers, who denied manslaughter, the Old Bailey jury was told. | Miss Boxall was beaten and bullied by the teenagers, who denied manslaughter, the Old Bailey jury was told. |
| The two teenagers, who were 17 and 13 at the time, blamed each other for telling Miss Boxall to jump when she climbed up to the window after she was attacked. | |
| Roger Smart, prosecuting, said the three had been arguing over a boy. | Roger Smart, prosecuting, said the three had been arguing over a boy. |
| The younger girl was said by witnesses to have shouted insults at Rosimeiri as she lay dying. | |
| Following the verdict Det Insp Bob Meade said outside court: "Bullying is neither normal nor acceptable. | |
| "This case highlights the extent to which victims of bullying may go in order to escape their tormentors - sometimes with tragic consequences. | |
| "Bullying needs to be taken seriously and I would urge the victims of bullying to please don't 'just put up with it'." |