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Hannah Smith death: Inquest hears teenager 'attacked at party' Hannah Smith inquest: Teenager posted 'online messages'
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A 14-year-old schoolgirl whose family believe was driven to suicide by bullies had been attacked at a party a few months before her death, an inquest has been told. A 14-year-old girl found hanged in her bedroom probably posted "vile" messages about herself on a social media website, police told an inquest.
Hannah Smith, of Lutterworth, Leicestershire, was found dead at home on 2 August 2013. Hannah Smith was found dead at her home in Lutterworth, Leicestershire, on 2 August.
Her father David Smith told an inquest in Leicester she had been bullied for some time. Her father told the inquest she had been bullied for some time.
But a detective told the court there was no evidence she was bullied online. Recording a verdict of suicide, Leicester coroner Catherine Mason said there was no evidence Hannah had been targeted by bullies on the Ask.fm site.
Det Sgt Wayne Simmons said that on the "balance of probabilities", "vile" messages about Hannah appeared on social media site Ask.fm in the run-up to her death were posted by the teenager herself. Following Hannah's death, her father David Smith had called for action to be taken against internet trolls who had apparently posted messages about his daughter in the run-up to her death.
Mr Smith had told the court his daughter's behaviour changed after she was hit by a former friend. However, Det Sgt Wayne Simmons revealed at the inquest that scrutiny of Hannah's laptop and address codes - known as IP addresses - which can help locate computers connected to the internet, had revealed strong evidence she had in fact posted all the messages to herself.
She changed from a "bubbly, happy" person to a more introverted girl, he told the inquest at Leicester Town Hall. Ms Mason said that "understandably", friends and family who saw those messages might have concluded they had caused her to take her own life.
"She went to a party and had her head smashed against a wall twice," Mr Smith told Catherine Mason, the coroner for Leicester and South Leicestershire. "The evidence I have was that on the balance of probabilities they would all have been at Hannah's own hand," she said.
'Lazy teenager' "Why she did it, I don't know."
He said his daughter, who attended Lutterworth High School, had also taken to spending more time in bed and was late for class about once a week. 'Bubbly, happy girl'
He said he put this down to her being "a lazy teenager". Earlier in the inquest at Leicester Town Hall, Mr Smith said his daughter had been involved in a fight with a friend at a party five months before her death.
He said he believed his daughter had been bullied for some time and believed her eczema had been the reason she was targeted.
He said she changed from a "bubbly, happy" girl to a more introverted person after her head was smashed against a wall twice.
Mr Smith said his daughter, who attended Lutterworth High School, had also taken to spending more time in bed and was late for class about once a week.
He said he had put this down to her being "a lazy teenager".
Mr Smith said Hannah's eczema may have been the reason she was targeted.Mr Smith said Hannah's eczema may have been the reason she was targeted.
He said he had spoken to his daughter about self-harming, but she had never raised the subject of wanting to take her own life. He said he had spoken to his daughter about self harming, but she had never raised the subject of wanting to take her own life.
Hannah's older sister Joanne Smith said on one occasion she had "ripped out the hair" of a person she had believed to be bullying her sister at school.Hannah's older sister Joanne Smith said on one occasion she had "ripped out the hair" of a person she had believed to be bullying her sister at school.
She said her younger sibling had been targeted throughout Years Seven, Eight and Nine.She said her younger sibling had been targeted throughout Years Seven, Eight and Nine.
A pathologist's report said her cause of death was hanging.
The inquest continues.