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February 20, 2008

Mother says press coverage ‘glamourised’ suicide

By paulmcnally

The mother of a 15-year-old boy who killed himself has blamed the media for her son’s death.

Nathaniel Pritchard died in Bridgend last week. A spate of teenage suicides has made the south Wales town the focus of media attention.

His mother, Sharon, told BBC News: “The media coverage put an idea into Nathaniel’s head. We feel it glamourised ways of taking your life.”

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