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Published: 30 March 2010

School officials in western Massachusetts in the United States didn't follow all the anti-bullying advice they were given months before a harassed Irish girl committed suicide, according to a consultant who offered the tips.

Barbara Coloroso said she consulted with parents and administrators months before 15-year-old Phoebe Prince hanged herself in January.

Authorities say she endured months of verbal assaults and threats, mostly in school and in person, although some of the bullying occurred on Facebook and in other electronic forms.

 

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