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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CourtsPlace: MassachusettsPlace: FanorePlace: USPlace: EnglandPlace: IrelandPlace: South HadleyPlace: NorthamptonPlace: SpringfieldPlace: South HanleyPerson: Phoebe PrincePerson: PhoebePerson: Co ClarePerson: HeadPerson: DrPerson: Mona O’MoorePerson: Elizabeth ScheibelPerson: Anne O’Brien PrincePerson: Jeremy PrincePerson: PrincePerson: LaurenPerson: BridgetPerson: TessaPerson: SimonPerson: Ashley LongePerson: Flannery MullinsPerson: Sharon Chanon VelazquezPerson: MullinsPerson: VelazquezPerson: Kayla NareyPerson: Sean MulveyhillPerson: Austin RenaudPerson: NareyPerson: MulveyhillPerson: RenaudPerson: O’MooreOrganisation: South HadleyOrganisation: Trinity College DublinOrganisation: Franklin-Hampshire Juvenile CourtOrganisation: Hampshire Superior Court
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