Pupil, 16, took own life after 'hyper-fixation' on first school detention as father calls for help for autistic students
- last year
A talented 16-year-old girl took her own life on the grounds of a prestigious boarding school after becoming "hyper-fixated" on her first ever detention.
She had been given a two-hour "headmistress's detention" after vodka and a tattoo kit were found in her music locker at the girl's school just before the Easter break.
The pupil, who was diagnosed with autism last year, was upset at the prospect and it preyed on her mind for weeks before the tragedy.
In her final diary entry, on April 20, she wrote: "I hope this is my last diary entry. I want to kill myself tomorrow."
She was so upset about the detention she ran away from a choral event she was due to sing at in March, and wrote in the diary: "Running away was the best cry out for help I could give and you [Wycombe] responded with 'we'd normally punish you but you’re already getting punished'."
Her devastated father, a HSBC bank executive Jonathan Scott-Lee, told The Sunday Times: "She was mortified to receive a detention.
She had been given a two-hour "headmistress's detention" after vodka and a tattoo kit were found in her music locker at the girl's school just before the Easter break.
The pupil, who was diagnosed with autism last year, was upset at the prospect and it preyed on her mind for weeks before the tragedy.
In her final diary entry, on April 20, she wrote: "I hope this is my last diary entry. I want to kill myself tomorrow."
She was so upset about the detention she ran away from a choral event she was due to sing at in March, and wrote in the diary: "Running away was the best cry out for help I could give and you [Wycombe] responded with 'we'd normally punish you but you’re already getting punished'."
Her devastated father, a HSBC bank executive Jonathan Scott-Lee, told The Sunday Times: "She was mortified to receive a detention.