Article: Beat the online bullies - sign up to the Citizen's campaign

Shocking videos have been posted online mocking the death of tragic teen Sam Leeson.

The disturbing clips poke fun at the 13-year-old from Tredworth's apparent suicide which his family blames on online bullying.

Today The Citizen launches its "Cyber Watch - For Sam's Sake" campaign, in a bid to crackdown on the bullies who torment children online.

The aim of the campaign is to highlight the problem of cyber bullying and to find a way of enabling children to report online attacks.

Sam's family say they are horrified strangers are choosing to find fun in their grief.

Sam's sister Emma Cope said: "They are disgusting and they are not true. The videos are inappropriate and they are sick. We will ...

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