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| Hannah Smith inquest: Teenager posted 'online messages' | Hannah Smith inquest: Teenager posted 'online messages' |
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| 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. | 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 was found dead at her home in Lutterworth, Leicestershire, on 2 August. | Hannah Smith was found dead at her home in Lutterworth, Leicestershire, on 2 August. |
| Her father told the inquest she had been bullied for some time. | Her father told the inquest she had been bullied for some time. |
| 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. | 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. |
| 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. | 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. |
| 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. | 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. |
| Ms Mason said that "understandably", friends and family who saw those messages might have concluded they had caused her to take her own life. | Ms Mason said that "understandably", friends and family who saw those messages might have concluded they had caused her to take her own life. |
| "The evidence I have was that on the balance of probabilities they would all have been at Hannah's own hand," she said. | "The evidence I have was that on the balance of probabilities they would all have been at Hannah's own hand," she said. |
| "Why she did it, I don't know." | "Why she did it, I don't know." |
| 'Bubbly, happy girl' | 'Bubbly, happy girl' |
| 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. | 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 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. | 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. | 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". | He said he had put this down to her being "a lazy teenager". |
| He added that 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. |