Bullied teen jumps to her death

London: A bullied teenager has jumped from a bridge to her death on a dual carriageway.

Holly Grogan fell 40 feet on to the A40 and suffered multiple injuries.

Tributes left on social networking sites suggest the 15-year-old, who attended a private Catholic school, had been targeted by bullies.

One comment read: "At least your [sic] safe now. All those people who hurt you babe will get what's coming to them."

Holly, who lived with her family in Cheltenham, was found under a nearby bridge on the main road at around 11pm on Wednesday. Her body was identified by her father Stephen, a 45-year-old builder.

He and his wife Anita were too upset to speak publicly, but numerous tributes to the teenager were posted on local news and social websites.

A friend writing under the name Elise said: "I hope that the bullies are feeling guilty and realise what they have done.

"I just hope a lesson can be learned and that we can move forward in protecting young people."

An anonymous parent added: "Bullying is such an awful thing. Thoughts are with family and friends at this sad time."

Another friend wrote: "You didn't deserve what you went through. I know you were loved because I've seen all the people crying for you and I know you will never be forgotten."

Holly's older brother Tom Grogan later wrote: "Just thanking everyone for their kind words. We all loved Holly to bits."

Police said her death was not being treated as suspicious. A spokesman said the case had been passed to the coroner who has opened and adjourned an inquest.

Holly attended the £11,600 (Dh69,370) a year St Edward's School in Charlton Kings, near Cheltenham.

Family tragedy: Miscarriage of justice

Youths who repeatedly terrorised a vulnerable family before the mother killed herself as well as her severely disabled daughter could have been brought to justice under at least seven acts of parliament, a coroner said on Saturday.

The former assistant chief constable of Leicestershire police, Chris Tew, told an inquest into the deaths of Fiona Pilkington and her daughter, Francecca Hardwick, 18, it would have been hard to bring cases to court because many of the incidents were not crimes but antisocial behaviour.

However, after hearing that officers were called about the family's problems 13 times in the year of the deaths, the coroner, Olivia Davison, said the history and context of the abuse, which included boys and girls throwing stones at the house and shouting taunts and obscenities, meant it did amount to criminal activity.

"We had people being hounded in their own house," she said. "It seems we have seven or eight acts of parliament which are smack on to deal with the kind of behaviour this family faced."

- Guardian News & Media Ltd