Light of young Irish girl snuffed out by bullies

TRAGIC Irish teenager Phoebe Prince felt like she was in a movie when she first arrived at her American high school last September.

Light of young Irish girl snuffed out by bullies
Sat, 03 Apr, 2010 - 01:00
Evelyn Ring

But being a student at South Hadley in Massachusetts turned out to be a real chiller for the 15-year-old, who was tormented to death by bullies.

A group of girls in the school ostracised her for having a brief romance with a member of the football team and made her life hell.

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