A year-old girl jumped off Waterloo Bridge eight months after a mental health service for young people closed her case, an inquest heard,.
Rebekah Legg-Mead had suffered bullying and had to be home schooled when she tragically died. Her inquest heard although she was referred to mental health services by her GP, she was never asked about whether she had suicidal thoughts and eight months before she died, her case was closed.
Her inquest heard Ms Legg-Mead called for help after hitting the water and a passer-by unsuccessfully tried to find her having jumped into the River Thames to save her. But a coroner could not rule the death a suicide because although she had left a note saying she 'couldn't take it anymore' she screamed for help once she was in the water.
A man making his way home jumped into the Thames in a vain bid to save her in the early hours of July 10, Her family's lawyer applied to have an Article 2 inquest - meaning social services and CAMHS could be investigated for wrong-doing at the hearing. But Assistant Coroner Catherine Wood denied this request, saying: 'Rebekah was undoubtedly vulnerable, but the risk to her life could not have been foreseen. A statement was read from Rebekah's mother that detailed her going down the wrong path after 'constant bullying'.
Sarah Legg-Mead said her daughter had been a 'caring and loving' person had plenty of friends before going to Parliament Hill Secondary School in Highgate, north London. Mrs Legg-Mead said: 'This was not my first choice but a good friend of Rebekah's was going there. After that Rebekah was constantly complaining of bullying.
