Bullying has long been a huge problem in the modern society. This epidemic had a particularly unsettling conclusion recently in the UK as Elton Harland (13) committed suicide following suicide of friend Harry Gray (15).
Elton Harland was devastated after his older friend was found hanged after an unnamed boy had threatened to have him stabbed according to a dailymail report.
On the day news of Harry’s death broke, Elton sent a message to his grandmother saying: ‘He killed himself. He took his own life and me and my friends are going to find the bullies that did it to him.’
He also posted a message on Twitter saying: ‘RIP Harry Nicholas Gray, fly high my brother, I’m going to find them horrible little b******s.’
But within 24 hours Elton had hanged himself in the bathroom of the Orchard Care home where he had been lviing.
‘Elton also spoke to me about the passing of a close friend who had taken his own life.
‘He sent me a message saying: “He killed himself and and me and my friends are going to find the bullies,” and I sent him a text later saying take that message off Facebook please but he never read the message.
‘He had never said anything to me about harming himself – he told me he was being accused of self-harm by staff at Orchard House but he said he wasn’t and they were just scratches.
‘He never indicated wanting to take his own life.’ – the boys grandma shared.
Elton was said to be a dedicated martial artist, with dreams of becoming a cage fighter.
In a statement, his family said:
‘If anyone had the pleasure of meeting Elton they would realize how special he was. I wish we all could have seen the man you could have become. He had the whole world to live for, which makes this even harder to take.’
After his death, three boys from Northfield and a girl from North Shore academy – to which he had recently moved – were arrested and interviewed by the police but no further action was taken.
The school said government inspectors had carried twice carried out recent inspections and said they had confidence in its approach to tackling bullying.
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