AFTER an inquest ruled that bullying was not a factor in her daughter’s death, Nicola Harteveld opens up about her loss.
When Nicola Harteveld’s teenage daughter took her own life, it was like a “grenade” had gone off in her life.
But worse was to come when Megan’s friends told a stunned Nicola that the 14-year-old had been bullied at school and online.
Her tormentors had even set up a Facebook group “I Hate Megan Evans” and sent vile Snapchat messages telling her to “go kill yourself”.
While Nicola was certain cyber-bullying was partly to blame for Megan’s death in 2017, last week — to her astonishment — a coroner ruled the taunts were just “banter” and said other factors …