Suicidal Teen Urged To Jump By Crowd

**melvbot** · 01-10-2008, 08:09 PM

Suicidal teen urged to jump

© ITN 2008

A troubled teenager was encouraged to jump to his death by a crowd who stopped to watch him take his life.

Shaun Dykes, 17, climbed over a railing on the roof a Derby shopping centre at 2.30pm on Saturday afternoon when a number of onlookers gathered to watch.
Police set up a cordon as they tried to coax him down but passers-by could see over it.
Eyewitnesses say some shouted at Shaun "go on then, jump," shortly before he fell to his death at 5.30pm.

Police have condemned the actions of those who gathered to watch the events unfold at the Westfield shopping centre, but added legal action would be impossible.
A Derbyshire Police spokesman said: "According to one of the police officers involved it was a small minority of people who were saying things. There's really no specific offence if people were passing comments."

He added: "We have publicly condemned anybody who was involved in that side of things. The problem was that somebody was in a high area where people could see him no matter how big the cordon was."

Shaun, from the Derbyshire village of Kilburn, was studying maths, further maths, business studies and politics at Heanor Gate Science College.

His headteacher Rob Howard said the sixth-form had held a special assembly for him.
Mr Howard said: "It's come out that one or two of the students had been in Derby when it happened and were standing near people who were goading him to jump.
"One student told me he could not believe people place such little value on life. It's almost like they are in a television show. It's unreal.

"The sad thing is that a couple of the students, if they could have got close enough, felt that they could have made a difference. It's very traumatic.
"He seemed to be happy and enjoying college. People who saw him on Friday said there didn't seem to be any problems but you don't know what is going through people's minds. It's very upsetting for his family and friends."

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**November Rain** · 01-10-2008, 08:13 PM

Jesus!

There really aren't any words, are there?

Beyond contempt.

**jandajoy** · 01-10-2008, 08:15 PM

This green and blessed land. RIP

**Mr Earl** · 01-10-2008, 08:15 PM

Silly fuckwit, taking the permanent solution to a temporary problem.

**jandajoy** · 01-10-2008, 08:17 PM

Originally Posted by Mr Earl

temporary problem.

Interesting.

How do you know that?
What inside information have you got into the report that justufies that statement?

I'm just curious.

**November Rain** · 01-10-2008, 08:18 PM

^^ How do you know what his problem was? No-one seemed to know.

**melvbot** · 01-10-2008, 08:23 PM

Being a bit on the up and down side myself I know how easy it is to hide a problem and make things seem OK when Ive got dark thoughts running through my head.

A friend of mine was the opposite, he was quite open to his girlfriend about the fact that he would commit suicide one day which he did. No one was shocked just gutted he'd done it at 35 instead of 75.

**pai nai ma** · 01-10-2008, 08:27 PM

Suppose the crowd had yelled "bounce".

pompeybloke · 01-10-2008, 08:29 PM

Originally Posted by Mr Earl

Silly fuckwit, taking the permanent solution to a temporary problem.

That "silly fuckwit" jumped off a high rise. How old are you? Were you "all sorted out" in your teens? Never had a problem?

Indicative of the times we live in that people egged him on...what a fcuking place england is; this is sickening. got to be a way of showing the culprits up and shaming them to hell.

**pai nai ma** · 01-10-2008, 08:32 PM

Originally Posted by pompeybloke

got to be a way of showing the culprits up and shaming them to hell.

nope. relax.

pompeybloke · 01-10-2008, 08:41 PM

^are you a sicko? no problem here for you? "bounce",yeah, that would have been funny! you're a [at][at][at][at]!

**Mr Earl** · 01-10-2008, 08:48 PM

Originally Posted by jandajoy

Originally Posted by Mr Earl

temporary problem.

Interesting.

How do you know that?
What inside information have you got into the report that justufies that statement?

I'm just curious.

Life in general is a temporal problem. Ending it early doesn't solve anything, it just makes you dead.
Jumping off a building only proves you're a fuckwit. No one pushed him off in spite of what people were yelling at him.

**Mr Earl** · 01-10-2008, 08:52 PM

Originally Posted by pompeybloke

That "silly fuckwit" jumped off a high rise.

Observant fellow you are.
Jumping off a high rise isn't very bright!

pompeybloke · 01-10-2008, 08:54 PM

he's fucking 17! goading him to do it ok with you?

**pai nai ma** · 01-10-2008, 08:57 PM

Does hysteria indicate you are deep and empathetic?

relax.

It may look like apathy but then who cares?

**buriramboy** · 01-10-2008, 08:57 PM

The cops should just invent some charges then to charge the fokwits with who encouraged him to jump if there ain't nothing specific they can charge them with, i mean it's not as if it will be the first time they've fitted someone up.

**Loy Toy** · 02-10-2008, 12:05 AM

Sounds like a bunch of Bruce Willis type Die Hard fockwits or some Derby Football hooligans on their way home from seeing their teams arses being kicked.

Sad really and to egg on someone who was most certainly at his wits end.

Absolute tradgedy for his parents, family and friends. RIP!

**DrivingForce** · 02-10-2008, 12:16 AM

Originally Posted by pompeybloke

^are you a sicko? no problem here for you? "bounce",yeah, that would have been funny! you're a [at][at][at][at]!

yeah, you pegged him first time...

**Jools** · 02-10-2008, 12:18 AM

British law really is a piece of work. A man can go to jail for making perfectly true statements about "the religion of peace" but those who urge an emotionally disturbed person to kill himself are deemed to be indulging in freedom of speech. Simply amazing.

**flash** · 02-10-2008, 01:30 AM

Suicide is becoming way too common place these days, 4 kids around here have killed themselves in the space of a few months, all around the age of 16. surprisingly once one kid commits suicide one or two follow suit.

I had a friend growing up that kept threatening to kill himself, after a while we stopped taking notice and he did it. very sad to see someone taking their own life and the heartbreak it leaves behind.
Kids carry the weight of the world on their shoulders(so they think) getting bullied at school, dumped etc.

don't be surprised if someone else commits suicide in that area in the next couple of weeks

**Mr Pot** · 02-10-2008, 02:23 AM

^ was that Newport? Really foked up news if so.

I ain't no pussy but fok I had a lot of shit when I was young...but the glass was always half full, and fok me I've got more shit now; real shit and I can deal with it because I'll never pussy out. All in the training I 'spose; touchy subject in reality and fok me always tragic when a young 'un turns the wrong corner too wide

Originally Posted by Mr Earl

Silly fuckwit, taking the permanent solution to a temporary problem

.

I know with Earls emoticon (considering the comebacks you gave him), I'd agree with Earl; I'd love to get such a kid and tell him what a fokwit he was being, slap some sense into him and give him some real support.

The toughest is knowing when one is in trouble; as per Melvbots post

**English Noodles** · 02-10-2008, 02:34 AM

Sad story, some of the replies on here are just as sad.

**Mr Pot** · 02-10-2008, 02:37 AM

^ feeling sorry for yourself, get it off your chest EN

**English Noodles** · 02-10-2008, 02:47 AM

Originally Posted by Mr Pot

^ feeling sorry for yourself, get it off your chest EN

Never feel sorry for myself, feel sorry for the kid in the story though, just think it's out of order people calling him silly names on here, guess thats just the nature of the beast though.

**Mr Pot** · 02-10-2008, 02:54 AM

^ I wouldn't say it was name calling, sometimes you just wanna grab such a kid and say listen....please listen.....FOKING LISTEN! Not entirely sympathetic I know

Obviously things are so foked up people still told him to jump, maybe trying reverse psychology or trying to be too foking clever....sad story and a very tough subject regarding emotions

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