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A PRIMARY school boy found hanging from a bridge last night suffered from a developmental disorder and a fascination with putting things around his neck.
The following quotes are from the boys mother....
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/ne...-in-campbelltown/story-e6freuy9-1226141701812
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Police have said there were no suspicious circumstances.
When I first read the article I didn't pick up on the sentence I've bolded and underlined.
Is it just me, or is that a very odd thing to say about your child who has just accidently hung himself, and who she said was always bubbly and happy?
I know his family must be in pain right now, and I hate to pre-judge, but I have to wonder why this mum who knew he had a tendancy to wrap things around his neck, let him out to play unsupervised when he had a dog leash with him.
In the article she also says he had previously used a ferrets harness and dressing gown cords to wrap around his neck, not understanding that these things coud be fatal.
The other boy who was with him at the time must be so traumatised.
The following quotes are from the boys mother....
She said the two boys, who were best mates and both in Year 5 together, stopped on their afternoon walk at the nearby bridge, and played there for a while.
She said her boy's death was not suicide, but a tragic accident by a boy who knew no better.
"He was so impulsive and he never gave any thought to consequences," Mrs McGrady said.
But some stage during their innocent playing, Mrs McGrady said Brandon let the dog off it's lead, and put it around his own neck.
"Just before he went for the walk, he was chatting about what he wanted to do when he grew up," she said.
"He was happy, he was a ray of sunshine to everyone around him."
"The ambulance officers and everyone there did as much as they could...that little boy just didn't want to play anymore," Mrs McGrady said.
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/ne...-in-campbelltown/story-e6freuy9-1226141701812
B&UBM
Police have said there were no suspicious circumstances.
When I first read the article I didn't pick up on the sentence I've bolded and underlined.
Is it just me, or is that a very odd thing to say about your child who has just accidently hung himself, and who she said was always bubbly and happy?
I know his family must be in pain right now, and I hate to pre-judge, but I have to wonder why this mum who knew he had a tendancy to wrap things around his neck, let him out to play unsupervised when he had a dog leash with him.
In the article she also says he had previously used a ferrets harness and dressing gown cords to wrap around his neck, not understanding that these things coud be fatal.
The other boy who was with him at the time must be so traumatised.