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| Open verdict on 'bullied' pupil | Open verdict on 'bullied' pupil |
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| A coroner has recorded an open verdict on the death of a Lancashire schoolboy who was found hanged in his bedroom. | A coroner has recorded an open verdict on the death of a Lancashire schoolboy who was found hanged in his bedroom. |
| Paul Moran, 13, a pupil at Lytham St Annes High School, was found by his family at their home in St Annes. | Paul Moran, 13, a pupil at Lytham St Annes High School, was found by his family at their home in St Annes. |
| Coroner Anne Hind said although there was evidence the teenager was bullied, she could not be certain he intended to take his own life. | |
| The hearing into the death, on 27 November 2005, was held at Blackpool town hall on Tuesday. | |
| His family has said that Paul was "very popular" at school. | His family has said that Paul was "very popular" at school. |
| The inquest heard police had taken 23 statements from pupils at Lytham St Annes High School. | |
| They gave examples of incidents on the school bus, where food had been pushed into his face, his shoes thrown out of the window and how he had been pushed off a seat. | |
| Paul hanged himself with a scarf tied to a bunk bed on a day before he was due to go back to school. |