GIRL, 13, FOUND HANGED IN SCHOOL

A GIRL of 13 was found hanged in a toilet cubicle at her posh school after writing a suicide note. Claire Gill even said goodbye to her classmates shortly before killing herself. Staff made the gruesome discovery just minutes after her friends went home. One former pupil said: "I know this has really hit everyone at the school really hard."She seemed a quiet girl who just got on with her work. It is such a shock." Claire was declared dead at the scene by paramedics on Wednesday afternoon. Teachers and pupils are baffled why the gifted student took her life. Police said bullying was not involved and are not treating the death as suspicious. A postmortem examination carried out yesterday confirmed she died from hanging. Headmaster John McAteer broke the news to pupils during assembly at St Bernard's Convent School in Slough, Berks, on Thursday morning. Year 9 student Claire's friends were said to be shocked and deeply saddened. Just days before, Claire took part in the national finals of the Magistrates' Mock Trials speaking competition where she played the part of a lawyer.

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