Article: Did Sam take own life over name calling?

A Gloucester family fear their teenage boy may have taken his own life after being bullied.

Sam Leeson, 13, was found dead in his room after it is believed he hanged himself on Thursday.

His family, from Tredworth, have been left devastated by his sudden death.

They fear he may have taken his own life because of name-calling by peers and bullying on internet sites such as Bebo.

Yesterday floral tributes and messages of love were left at the front of Severn Vale School in Quedgeley, where he was a pupil.

In a state of shock his parents Sally Cope and Christopher Leeson

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