20-May-2010, 08:28 PM
"Bullied teenager leapt to death
A bullied teenager from Lancashire out walking with his father said "Bye Dad" then seconds later jumped to his death from a motorway bridge, an inquest heard.
Matthew Miller, 17, from Leyland, was walking with his father to "clear his head" when he passed the school where he had suffered months of physical and emotional abuse, the hearing was told.
The quiet, studious and sensitive youngster, despite being an "exemplary" pupil, school prefect and destined to study computing and business at university, told his father the school had "ruined my life" then ran to a bridge over the M6 motorway and leapt over the side.
Kevin Miller, 67, the boy's father, repeatedly broke down in tears as he told the inquest at Preston Coroner's Court about the night of his son's death. The pair set off from home in Leyland at about 10.30pm on January 2 this year."
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A bullied teenager from Lancashire out walking with his father said "Bye Dad" then seconds later jumped to his death from a motorway bridge, an inquest heard.
Matthew Miller, 17, from Leyland, was walking with his father to "clear his head" when he passed the school where he had suffered months of physical and emotional abuse, the hearing was told.
The quiet, studious and sensitive youngster, despite being an "exemplary" pupil, school prefect and destined to study computing and business at university, told his father the school had "ruined my life" then ran to a bridge over the M6 motorway and leapt over the side.
Kevin Miller, 67, the boy's father, repeatedly broke down in tears as he told the inquest at Preston Coroner's Court about the night of his son's death. The pair set off from home in Leyland at about 10.30pm on January 2 this year."
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