retired_bball3378

Yep, based on English case law of a Jehovah's Witness who refused the blood transfusion that could have saved them. The person who stabbed them was found guilty of manslaughter.

retired_katie14

Don't think it's that simple to say 'they made her kill herself'.

They were contributing factors, but there's other stuff to consider.

retired_therob

The Jehovah's Witness is case is not really relevant imo. In that case the guy clearly caused her harm, but the question was whether the victim's refusal of treatment broke the 'chain of causation'.

In this case it is a matter of seeing if there's a direct (legal) cause of the harm in the first place, which imo there isn't.

retired_leverne

what other stuff pervis, the fact that she talked about killing herself in the past but got through it??

retired_paeng2000

True, I did over-argue my point. What I'm really saying is that this kid was obviously very messed up, had talked about suicide before etc, and hanging herself was a completely disproportionate response to what happened to her. Again, I think the bullying was despicable, but I can't agree with the people who say they should be criminally liable for her death, because imo the kid's reaction was more down to her own instability than the bullying itself. </BLOCKQUOTE>

Now I'm only in my first year of my Law degree but I'm sure someone more experienced could argue that.

Egg-shell skull case perhaps? You must take the victim as you find them? Their physical condition or mental condition does not come into relevence really if she has been pushed into suicide? Now I'm not totally sure about this but Megans unstability is no excuse for her suicide </BLOCKQUOTE>

Ah, but is it enough of a significant cause to satisfy legal causation? Not to mention the lack of mens rea. </BLOCKQUOTE>

Possibly true, yet American Laws are greatly different to that in the Uk I suppose

michaelwoodcock

Yeah, it was in the UK too, so it's not just confined to those across the water. Stories like this really make me wish for a nuclear holocaust.

retired_katie14

Well that for starters.

retired_leverne

but she never actually attemted it, you have deliberatly took out my bold whic makes my statement near enough worthless

retired_rondaw25

tbf she was fat, and fat people can't be happy. I mean look at the state of them.

retired_justin05

So am I right in thinking she was cyber-bullied? Why didn't she just close her browser?