Bullied girl’s death was ‘self-caused’

A SCHOOLGIRL who confided in her daily diary about her five-year torment at the hands of bullies killed herself by taking an overdose, a coroner ruled yesterday.

Leanne Wolfe, who had just turned 18, was found dead in bed at the family home by her older sister Tríona, in Carrigtwohill, Co Cork, in March.

Only on the day of Leanne’s funeral did her family learn of her ordeal when they found secret diaries revealing her torment. But yesterday, Cork County Coroner Frank Connell prevented the teenager’s mother, Collette Wolfe, from reading extracts from the journals, saying such allegations were outside the scope of the inquest.