Family of girl, 12, who killed herself due to bullying call for justice e-mail View comments The family of a 12-year-old girl who committed suicide after being bullied at a school in Sydney , Australia, have spoken out. Charlotte, a seventh-grade student at Santa Sabina College, took her own life earlier this month. The family issued a statement on Monday to Australian radio host Ben Fordham , demanding for justice.
SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO Heartbreaking: Charlotte, 12, took her own life earlier this month after being bullied at school The statement read: 'Earlier this week our family experienced a day that will haunt us for the rest of our lives. We lost our baby girl in the most awful of circumstances. She was just 12 years old.
'No words can ever describe what it's like for us, and it will never be the same again. Charlotte has left such a big hole in our lives, and she's so deeply, deeply missed. 'The reports you have received are correct.
My daughter was bullied by girls that still attend the school today. She wrote a goodbye note specifically mentioning the bullying she received at the school.' Tragic: Charlotte's family said they were once asked to pick her up from school because she had been crying in the toilets The statement continued: 'She said life was too difficult for her to continue.
When the most recent case of bullying was raised, the school simply said it was investigated and the girls denied it. That's it. Case closed.
Move on. 'Well my beautiful daughter's life won't move on and I'll never get to say goodbye. These issues cannot be swept under the carpet.
I will not let my daughter's memory be swept under the carpet either. 'How many more children need to lose their lives before they get it? How many parents need to feel the pain of never being able to pick up their child from school again before they get it? We're broken forever.' Harrowing: Charlotte sent a friend a snap of her crying the night she killed herself.
Her friend replied with several concerned messages (seen) The family said that on 'one particular day the school called [the] mom to arrange for Charlotte to be picked up because she had been crying in the toilets'. Radio host Fordham said the family told him: 'She told the girl who found her "I don't want to be here". She told her mom "My body fills with pain until my heart explodes".
' Fordham also interviewed a father whose daughter befriended Charlotte outside of the school she attended, and on the night she took her life, she sent the girl a picture of her crying with the caption: 'I am sorry.' Santa Sabina College sent a statement on Monday in reply to questions from DailyMail.com.
The statement read: 'A number of claims are being made about the circumstances that led to her death - these are new claims to the College and are not consistent with our records. 'In the outpouring of grief as everyone rightly questions how this could have happened, the College asks the media to take immense care in reporting so that further issues are not created for other vulnerable young people in our community and beyond. 'The main priority of the College at the moment is to support and care for our students, their families and our staff as well as support for this grieving family.
' For confidential help in the United States, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline on 1 800 273 8255. For confidential support in the UK, call the Samaritans on 11 61 23. For confidential support in Australia, call Lifeline on 13 11 14.
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