A 12 year old hanged himself from his bunk bed using his school tie after his mother took away his playstation to punish him for getting a detention at school.
In a statement, Mrs Lloyd, a housewife and mother of two other younger children, told the hearing that her partner, who is not Gary’s father, had previously tried unsuccessfully to kill himself.
As a result, Gary’s death in October last year was a “prank that went wrong”, deputy coroner Christopher Welton said.
Recording a verdict of accidental death, Mr Welton said Gary had seen suicide as a way to attract attention.
“He’d seen a situation with his mother’s partner that had attracted attention to him after he’d had a bit of a problem,” he said.
“He knew his mother would be coming up soon to find him.”
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