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Negotiator tells of jump ordeal Negotiator tells of jump ordeal
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A police negotiator has told a Derby inquest how he tried to talk a teenager down from a car park while onlookers goaded him to jump. A police negotiator has told a Derby inquest how he tried to talk a teenager down from a car park roof while onlookers goaded him to jump.
Shaun Dykes, 17, from Kilburn, Derbyshire, died in a fall from the sixth-floor roof of the Westfield shopping centre in September 2008.Shaun Dykes, 17, from Kilburn, Derbyshire, died in a fall from the sixth-floor roof of the Westfield shopping centre in September 2008.
Det Insp Barry Thacker said shouts from the crowd below distracted them on a number of occasions. Assistant deputy coroner Louise Pinder recorded a verdict of suicide.
Bystanders were yelling "jump" and "get on with it", the inquest heard. Det Insp Barry Thacker said people yelled "jump" and "get on with it" as he tried to talk Shaun down.
Exam pressure He said the shouts from the crowd distracted Shaun and him on a number of occasions.
Mr Thacker said as he approached Shuan, who was sitting on a ledge overlooking London Road, the teenager told him: "You can talk to me but you won't change my mind." The city lost its humanity for a period of time that day Divisional Commander Andy Hough
Mr Thacker said as he approached Shaun, who was sitting on a ledge overlooking London Road, the teenager told him: "You can talk to me, but you won't change my mind."
At one point the negotiator stretched his arms out to Shaun to try to persuade him to come away from the ledge to talk things over.At one point the negotiator stretched his arms out to Shaun to try to persuade him to come away from the ledge to talk things over.
But as Shaun bent down to take his hand, a voice from the crowd shouted: "You're wasting taxpayers' money," the inquest was told.But as Shaun bent down to take his hand, a voice from the crowd shouted: "You're wasting taxpayers' money," the inquest was told.
The teenager then pulled back from the officer, saying: "No, it's gone too far." A short time later he jumped, Mr Thacker said.The teenager then pulled back from the officer, saying: "No, it's gone too far." A short time later he jumped, Mr Thacker said.
Earlier Shaun's mother Tina told the hearing he felt under pressure because his GCSEs were approaching. Police Divisional Commander Andy Hough told the inquest: "The city lost its humanity for a period of time that day".
Earlier Shaun's mother Tina told the hearing her son felt under pressure because his GCSEs were approaching.
He had also been feeling low because of a relationship that had ended.He had also been feeling low because of a relationship that had ended.
The inquest continues.