A 14-year-old boy hanged himself after an argument with his mother about a mobile phone bill.
Nathan Darnell Escoffery's family have spoken of their devastation after the teenager from Allerton, Liverpool, was found dead on Tuesday.
He was hanging from a dog lead only hours after rowing with his mother, Karen, 50, and sister Nadine, 15, after he used their phone without permission.
His grandfather Edgar, 82, said: "I am just devastated by what has happened."
He added: "I just wish they had let him have the mobile phone but that is easy to say with hindsight.
'Hit us hard'
"He was a great kid and we all adored him. I don't believe he really wanted to do what he did, I think he was just trying to scare his mum.
"I hope other children see what happened to Nathan and realise how dangerous it is to even pretend to harm yourself.
"It has hit us all very hard but I guess that is just life and we have to deal with it." The argument with his mother and sister had been about a pay-as-you-go phone.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/3904293.stm
Nathan Darnell Escoffery's family have spoken of their devastation after the teenager from Allerton, Liverpool, was found dead on Tuesday.
He was hanging from a dog lead only hours after rowing with his mother, Karen, 50, and sister Nadine, 15, after he used their phone without permission.
His grandfather Edgar, 82, said: "I am just devastated by what has happened."
He added: "I just wish they had let him have the mobile phone but that is easy to say with hindsight.
'Hit us hard'
"He was a great kid and we all adored him. I don't believe he really wanted to do what he did, I think he was just trying to scare his mum.
"I hope other children see what happened to Nathan and realise how dangerous it is to even pretend to harm yourself.
"It has hit us all very hard but I guess that is just life and we have to deal with it." The argument with his mother and sister had been about a pay-as-you-go phone.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/3904293.stm