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Last updated at 14:22, Friday, 01

April 2011

A 10-YEAR-OLD boy kissed his

family and said “I love you” before locking himself in his

bedroom and hanging himself.

Tragedy: Harry

Hucknall

An inquest heard how Harry Hucknall was a ‘troubled’ and ‘sad

little boy’ who was being bullied, suffered mental health

problems, self-harmed and had a home life which lacked

stability.

The hearing at Barrow Town Hall was yesterday told how during

his short life he had lived in 14 different homes and attended

four schools.

Both his parents told the inquest that he had on separate

occasions told them he wanted to die.

After several incidents in 2010 a child psychiatrist deemed him

to be “a high suicide risk.”

The inquest heard from the boy’s father Darren Hucknall, of

Newbarns Road, Barrow, who is separated from Harry’s mother, Mrs

Jane White.

Mr Hucknall said: “He was quiet at times but he was on these

tablets and I say they had a major contribution to what

happened. He never mentioned killing himself until after he was

on these tablets.

“He started changing a month or two after being on them. He

said to me he wanted to kill himself. I asked him why and he

said ‘ because it would be funny.’ I said to him that it

wouldn’t be funny for me and and he said ‘sorry dad.’ I

think he was doing it to get a response.”

Harry’s mother, Mrs White, described her son, who attended

Romney School in Dalton, as a boy who preferred to be on

his own.

She said he had always been a hyperactive child but she noticed

a difference in his personality after an incident in October,

2009.

She told the hearing how they had moved to Ullswater Close,

Dalton, to get away from bullies in Barrow who had held him down

and threatened him with a screwdriver.

Mrs Hucknall said: “It was later in Dalton that his best friend

was attacked with a baseball bat by an adult and he went

downhill after that. While it was happening he had closed his

eyes because he didn’t want to see it. When he went to school

everyone said he should have stuck up for him but he was too

young to help. I remember finding him sat on the stairs rocking

and saying he wanted to be dead and if he was his family

wouldn’t be getting hassle off the other family.

“Next he was sat in class with a jumper over his head and

woudn’t talk to anyone, even the teachers. He wasn’t talking

much at home, was having nightmares and wetting himself.

“He started climbing trees and buildings and just throwing

himself off. It was like he just didn’t care.”

Miss White said the school intervened in March, last year and

Social Services became involved to help the family.

Harry was diagnosed with clinical depression and

attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and prescribed the

drugs fluoxetine, an anti-depressant, and Ritalin.

His mum said he became like a different boy after that but

about a month before he died he began talking about death again

and what would happen if he did certain things.

She said she had found out he had been self-harming but had

been hiding the scars with long-sleeved jumpers.

Mrs White said: “The day he died he had been swimming with my

sister and playing on the Wii. He came back to do his homework

at 3pm. We had had a sleepover the night before so me and the

four kids went upstairs to tidy their rooms before bed. Harry

was folding clothes in his room and before we went downstairs he

wanted a kiss and a cuddle off us all and said he loved us all.

He was usually quite affectionate but with (his older

brother) that wasn’t normal.

“We went downstairs but Harry never came down.”

She added that when her youngest boy went to bed he

found the bedroom door was locked and they were unable to get

any response from the room.

A neighbour alerted by the distraught family climbed up a

ladder to look in the room and saw Harry had hanged himself.

Mrs White’s sister Brown said she had spent a lovely day

with Harry the day he died on September 19, last year.

She said Harry had been laughing and enjoying himself.

She said her nephew used to be quiet and “a very sad little

boy” but during the summer before his death had developed “a

shine in his eyes and a cheeky grin.”

Psychiatrist Mr Sumitra Srivastava said he found Harry a “very

severely affected young boy” who he initially diagnosed as a

“high suicide risk.”

He said he was shocked when he was told what had happened.

South and east Cumbrian coroner Mr Ian said the

pathologist had said the cause of death was consistent with a

ligature around his neck.

He said it was difficult to say how the drugs affected Harry’s

state of mind but their influence could not be excluded.

The levels of both drugs found in his system were above the

normal therapeutic level for adults.

Summing up the evidence the coroner said: “He was clearly a

troubled boy. His aunt referred to him as ‘a very sad little

boy.’ He was sensitive and growing up in surroundings that were

not right for him.

“He had a lack of stability and lived in no less than 14 homes

and attended four schools. He also did not have the stability of

a father figure in his life.

“We have heard he was being bullied. Someone who is perceived

as being different makes them withdraw into themselves and the

bullying gets worse. The bullying led to self-harming and

cutting himself. He also had mental health problems. It is so

very sad that a 10-year-old boy had depression and ADHD.

“Suicide is an act that a person does that leads to their own

death but it involves a mental intention that they knew what

they were doing. We are most certainly not going to see a

10-year-old, in the cold light of day, deciding that was the

best thing to do. When he said to his dad about killing himself

he said ‘it would be funny’ that shows he did not fully

understand.

“The verdict is that Harry died as a result of his own actions

without understanding the true consequences.”

Harry was a twice-removed cousin of singer Mick Hucknall, the

frontman for 1990s chart-toppers Simply Red.

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01 April 2011

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Last updated at 14:22, Friday, 01

April 2011

A 10-YEAR-OLD boy kissed his

family and said “I love you” before locking himself in his

bedroom and hanging himself.

Tragedy: Harry

Hucknall

An inquest heard how Harry Hucknall was a ‘troubled’ and ‘sad

little boy’ who was being bullied, suffered mental health

problems, self-harmed and had a home life which lacked

stability.

The hearing at Barrow Town Hall was yesterday told how during

his short life he had lived in 14 different homes and attended

four schools.

Both his parents told the inquest that he had on separate

occasions told them he wanted to die.

After several incidents in 2010 a child psychiatrist deemed him

to be “a high suicide risk.”

The inquest heard from the boy’s father Darren Hucknall, of

Newbarns Road, Barrow, who is separated from Harry’s mother, Mrs

Jane White.

Mr Hucknall said: “He was quiet at times but he was on these

tablets and I say they had a major contribution to what

happened. He never mentioned killing himself until after he was

on these tablets.

“He started changing a month or two after being on them. He

said to me he wanted to kill himself. I asked him why and he

said ‘ because it would be funny.’ I said to him that it

wouldn’t be funny for me and and he said ‘sorry dad.’ I

think he was doing it to get a response.”

Harry’s mother, Mrs White, described her son, who attended

Romney School in Dalton, as a boy who preferred to be on

his own.

She said he had always been a hyperactive child but she noticed

a difference in his personality after an incident in October,

2009.

She told the hearing how they had moved to Ullswater Close,

Dalton, to get away from bullies in Barrow who had held him down

and threatened him with a screwdriver.

Mrs Hucknall said: “It was later in Dalton that his best friend

was attacked with a baseball bat by an adult and he went

downhill after that. While it was happening he had closed his

eyes because he didn’t want to see it. When he went to school

everyone said he should have stuck up for him but he was too

young to help. I remember finding him sat on the stairs rocking

and saying he wanted to be dead and if he was his family

wouldn’t be getting hassle off the other family.

“Next he was sat in class with a jumper over his head and

woudn’t talk to anyone, even the teachers. He wasn’t talking

much at home, was having nightmares and wetting himself.

“He started climbing trees and buildings and just throwing

himself off. It was like he just didn’t care.”

Miss White said the school intervened in March, last year and

Social Services became involved to help the family.

Harry was diagnosed with clinical depression and

attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and prescribed the

drugs fluoxetine, an anti-depressant, and Ritalin.

His mum said he became like a different boy after that but

about a month before he died he began talking about death again

and what would happen if he did certain things.

She said she had found out he had been self-harming but had

been hiding the scars with long-sleeved jumpers.

Mrs White said: “The day he died he had been swimming with my

sister and playing on the Wii. He came back to do his homework

at 3pm. We had had a sleepover the night before so me and the

four kids went upstairs to tidy their rooms before bed. Harry

was folding clothes in his room and before we went downstairs he

wanted a kiss and a cuddle off us all and said he loved us all.

He was usually quite affectionate but with (his older

brother) that wasn’t normal.

“We went downstairs but Harry never came down.”

She added that when her youngest boy went to bed he

found the bedroom door was locked and they were unable to get

any response from the room.

A neighbour alerted by the distraught family climbed up a

ladder to look in the room and saw Harry had hanged himself.

Mrs White’s sister Brown said she had spent a lovely day

with Harry the day he died on September 19, last year.

She said Harry had been laughing and enjoying himself.

She said her nephew used to be quiet and “a very sad little

boy” but during the summer before his death had developed “a

shine in his eyes and a cheeky grin.”

Psychiatrist Mr Sumitra Srivastava said he found Harry a “very

severely affected young boy” who he initially diagnosed as a

“high suicide risk.”

He said he was shocked when he was told what had happened.

South and east Cumbrian coroner Mr Ian said the

pathologist had said the cause of death was consistent with a

ligature around his neck.

He said it was difficult to say how the drugs affected Harry’s

state of mind but their influence could not be excluded.

The levels of both drugs found in his system were above the

normal therapeutic level for adults.

Summing up the evidence the coroner said: “He was clearly a

troubled boy. His aunt referred to him as ‘a very sad little

boy.’ He was sensitive and growing up in surroundings that were

not right for him.

“He had a lack of stability and lived in no less than 14 homes

and attended four schools. He also did not have the stability of

a father figure in his life.

“We have heard he was being bullied. Someone who is perceived

as being different makes them withdraw into themselves and the

bullying gets worse. The bullying led to self-harming and

cutting himself. He also had mental health problems. It is so

very sad that a 10-year-old boy had depression and ADHD.

“Suicide is an act that a person does that leads to their own

death but it involves a mental intention that they knew what

they were doing. We are most certainly not going to see a

10-year-old, in the cold light of day, deciding that was the

best thing to do. When he said to his dad about killing himself

he said ‘it would be funny’ that shows he did not fully

understand.

“The verdict is that Harry died as a result of his own actions

without understanding the true consequences.”

Harry was a twice-removed cousin of singer Mick Hucknall, the

frontman for 1990s chart-toppers Simply Red.

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01 April 2011

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Tragic Harry’s final farewell to his family

Last updated at 14:22, Friday, 01

April 2011

A 10-YEAR-OLD boy kissed his

family and said “I love you” before locking himself in his

bedroom and hanging himself.

Tragedy: Harry

Hucknall

An inquest heard how Harry Hucknall was a ‘troubled’ and ‘sad

little boy’ who was being bullied, suffered mental health

problems, self-harmed and had a home life which lacked

stability.

The hearing at Barrow Town Hall was yesterday told how during

his short life he had lived in 14 different homes and attended

four schools.

Both his parents told the inquest that he had on separate

occasions told them he wanted to die.

After several incidents in 2010 a child psychiatrist deemed him

to be “a high suicide risk.”

The inquest heard from the boy’s father Darren Hucknall, of

Newbarns Road, Barrow, who is separated from Harry’s mother, Mrs

Jane White.

Mr Hucknall said: “He was quiet at times but he was on these

tablets and I say they had a major contribution to what

happened. He never mentioned killing himself until after he was

on these tablets.

“He started changing a month or two after being on them. He

said to me he wanted to kill himself. I asked him why and he

said ‘ because it would be funny.’ I said to him that it

wouldn’t be funny for me and and he said ‘sorry dad.’ I

think he was doing it to get a response.”

Harry’s mother, Mrs White, described her son, who attended

Romney School in Dalton, as a boy who preferred to be on

his own.

She said he had always been a hyperactive child but she noticed

a difference in his personality after an incident in October,

2009.

She told the hearing how they had moved to Ullswater Close,

Dalton, to get away from bullies in Barrow who had held him down

and threatened him with a screwdriver.

Mrs Hucknall said: “It was later in Dalton that his best friend

was attacked with a baseball bat by an adult and he went

downhill after that. While it was happening he had closed his

eyes because he didn’t want to see it. When he went to school

everyone said he should have stuck up for him but he was too

young to help. I remember finding him sat on the stairs rocking

and saying he wanted to be dead and if he was his family

wouldn’t be getting hassle off the other family.

“Next he was sat in class with a jumper over his head and

woudn’t talk to anyone, even the teachers. He wasn’t talking

much at home, was having nightmares and wetting himself.

“He started climbing trees and buildings and just throwing

himself off. It was like he just didn’t care.”

Miss White said the school intervened in March, last year and

Social Services became involved to help the family.

Harry was diagnosed with clinical depression and

attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and prescribed the

drugs fluoxetine, an anti-depressant, and Ritalin.

His mum said he became like a different boy after that but

about a month before he died he began talking about death again

and what would happen if he did certain things.

She said she had found out he had been self-harming but had

been hiding the scars with long-sleeved jumpers.

Mrs White said: “The day he died he had been swimming with my

sister and playing on the Wii. He came back to do his homework

at 3pm. We had had a sleepover the night before so me and the

four kids went upstairs to tidy their rooms before bed. Harry

was folding clothes in his room and before we went downstairs he

wanted a kiss and a cuddle off us all and said he loved us all.

He was usually quite affectionate but with (his older

brother) that wasn’t normal.

“We went downstairs but Harry never came down.”

She added that when her youngest boy went to bed he

found the bedroom door was locked and they were unable to get

any response from the room.

A neighbour alerted by the distraught family climbed up a

ladder to look in the room and saw Harry had hanged himself.

Mrs White’s sister Brown said she had spent a lovely day

with Harry the day he died on September 19, last year.

She said Harry had been laughing and enjoying himself.

She said her nephew used to be quiet and “a very sad little

boy” but during the summer before his death had developed “a

shine in his eyes and a cheeky grin.”

Psychiatrist Mr Sumitra Srivastava said he found Harry a “very

severely affected young boy” who he initially diagnosed as a

“high suicide risk.”

He said he was shocked when he was told what had happened.

South and east Cumbrian coroner Mr Ian said the

pathologist had said the cause of death was consistent with a

ligature around his neck.

He said it was difficult to say how the drugs affected Harry’s

state of mind but their influence could not be excluded.

The levels of both drugs found in his system were above the

normal therapeutic level for adults.

Summing up the evidence the coroner said: “He was clearly a

troubled boy. His aunt referred to him as ‘a very sad little

boy.’ He was sensitive and growing up in surroundings that were

not right for him.

“He had a lack of stability and lived in no less than 14 homes

and attended four schools. He also did not have the stability of

a father figure in his life.

“We have heard he was being bullied. Someone who is perceived

as being different makes them withdraw into themselves and the

bullying gets worse. The bullying led to self-harming and

cutting himself. He also had mental health problems. It is so

very sad that a 10-year-old boy had depression and ADHD.

“Suicide is an act that a person does that leads to their own

death but it involves a mental intention that they knew what

they were doing. We are most certainly not going to see a

10-year-old, in the cold light of day, deciding that was the

best thing to do. When he said to his dad about killing himself

he said ‘it would be funny’ that shows he did not fully

understand.

“The verdict is that Harry died as a result of his own actions

without understanding the true consequences.”

Harry was a twice-removed cousin of singer Mick Hucknall, the

frontman for 1990s chart-toppers Simply Red.

First published at 13:06, Friday,

01 April 2011

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Tragic Harry’s final farewell to his family

Last updated at 14:22, Friday, 01

April 2011

A 10-YEAR-OLD boy kissed his

family and said “I love you” before locking himself in his

bedroom and hanging himself.

Tragedy: Harry

Hucknall

An inquest heard how Harry Hucknall was a ‘troubled’ and ‘sad

little boy’ who was being bullied, suffered mental health

problems, self-harmed and had a home life which lacked

stability.

The hearing at Barrow Town Hall was yesterday told how during

his short life he had lived in 14 different homes and attended

four schools.

Both his parents told the inquest that he had on separate

occasions told them he wanted to die.

After several incidents in 2010 a child psychiatrist deemed him

to be “a high suicide risk.”

The inquest heard from the boy’s father Darren Hucknall, of

Newbarns Road, Barrow, who is separated from Harry’s mother, Mrs

Jane White.

Mr Hucknall said: “He was quiet at times but he was on these

tablets and I say they had a major contribution to what

happened. He never mentioned killing himself until after he was

on these tablets.

“He started changing a month or two after being on them. He

said to me he wanted to kill himself. I asked him why and he

said ‘ because it would be funny.’ I said to him that it

wouldn’t be funny for me and and he said ‘sorry dad.’ I

think he was doing it to get a response.”

Harry’s mother, Mrs White, described her son, who attended

Romney School in Dalton, as a boy who preferred to be on

his own.

She said he had always been a hyperactive child but she noticed

a difference in his personality after an incident in October,

2009.

She told the hearing how they had moved to Ullswater Close,

Dalton, to get away from bullies in Barrow who had held him down

and threatened him with a screwdriver.

Mrs Hucknall said: “It was later in Dalton that his best friend

was attacked with a baseball bat by an adult and he went

downhill after that. While it was happening he had closed his

eyes because he didn’t want to see it. When he went to school

everyone said he should have stuck up for him but he was too

young to help. I remember finding him sat on the stairs rocking

and saying he wanted to be dead and if he was his family

wouldn’t be getting hassle off the other family.

“Next he was sat in class with a jumper over his head and

woudn’t talk to anyone, even the teachers. He wasn’t talking

much at home, was having nightmares and wetting himself.

“He started climbing trees and buildings and just throwing

himself off. It was like he just didn’t care.”

Miss White said the school intervened in March, last year and

Social Services became involved to help the family.

Harry was diagnosed with clinical depression and

attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and prescribed the

drugs fluoxetine, an anti-depressant, and Ritalin.

His mum said he became like a different boy after that but

about a month before he died he began talking about death again

and what would happen if he did certain things.

She said she had found out he had been self-harming but had

been hiding the scars with long-sleeved jumpers.

Mrs White said: “The day he died he had been swimming with my

sister and playing on the Wii. He came back to do his homework

at 3pm. We had had a sleepover the night before so me and the

four kids went upstairs to tidy their rooms before bed. Harry

was folding clothes in his room and before we went downstairs he

wanted a kiss and a cuddle off us all and said he loved us all.

He was usually quite affectionate but with (his older

brother) that wasn’t normal.

“We went downstairs but Harry never came down.”

She added that when her youngest boy went to bed he

found the bedroom door was locked and they were unable to get

any response from the room.

A neighbour alerted by the distraught family climbed up a

ladder to look in the room and saw Harry had hanged himself.

Mrs White’s sister Brown said she had spent a lovely day

with Harry the day he died on September 19, last year.

She said Harry had been laughing and enjoying himself.

She said her nephew used to be quiet and “a very sad little

boy” but during the summer before his death had developed “a

shine in his eyes and a cheeky grin.”

Psychiatrist Mr Sumitra Srivastava said he found Harry a “very

severely affected young boy” who he initially diagnosed as a

“high suicide risk.”

He said he was shocked when he was told what had happened.

South and east Cumbrian coroner Mr Ian said the

pathologist had said the cause of death was consistent with a

ligature around his neck.

He said it was difficult to say how the drugs affected Harry’s

state of mind but their influence could not be excluded.

The levels of both drugs found in his system were above the

normal therapeutic level for adults.

Summing up the evidence the coroner said: “He was clearly a

troubled boy. His aunt referred to him as ‘a very sad little

boy.’ He was sensitive and growing up in surroundings that were

not right for him.

“He had a lack of stability and lived in no less than 14 homes

and attended four schools. He also did not have the stability of

a father figure in his life.

“We have heard he was being bullied. Someone who is perceived

as being different makes them withdraw into themselves and the

bullying gets worse. The bullying led to self-harming and

cutting himself. He also had mental health problems. It is so

very sad that a 10-year-old boy had depression and ADHD.

“Suicide is an act that a person does that leads to their own

death but it involves a mental intention that they knew what

they were doing. We are most certainly not going to see a

10-year-old, in the cold light of day, deciding that was the

best thing to do. When he said to his dad about killing himself

he said ‘it would be funny’ that shows he did not fully

understand.

“The verdict is that Harry died as a result of his own actions

without understanding the true consequences.”

Harry was a twice-removed cousin of singer Mick Hucknall, the

frontman for 1990s chart-toppers Simply Red.

First published at 13:06, Friday,

01 April 2011

Published by http://www.nwemail.co.uk