Phoebe's last text: 'It would be easier if they handed me a noose' [Independent.ie]
- Published: 05 May 2011
The mother of Phoebe Prince, the 15-year-old Irish schoolgirl who took her own life after a campaign of bullying, spoke yesterday of how the death had crushed her.
Addressing a packed US courtroom in Northampton, Massachusetts, Anne O'Brien said: "There is a dead weight that now sits permanently in my chest. It will stay with me until my own death."
Her voice shaking with emotion, Ms O'Brien recalled her "beautiful, intelligent, gregarious" daughter and revealed that one of the last text messages on Phoebe's mobile phone had read: "It would be easier if they had handed me a noose."
She was speaking at the court hearings for Sean Mulveyhill and Kayla Narey, both of whom pleaded guilty to criminal harassment as part of a plea deal which saw more serious charges dropped. Both must serve a year of probation and perform 100 hours of community service.
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