Girl, 14, took her own life due to 'bullying' by tormentors who shared fake nudes and called her friends the 'suicide squad'
A TEENAGE girl who killed herself after years of being bullied by tormentors who shared fake nudes of girls at school, an inquest heard.
Mia Janin, 14, was allegedly bullied online and in person by a group of boys while attending the Jewish Free School (JFS) in Kenton, north London.
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A judicial investigation revealed that the boys had a Snapchat group where they mocked and posted nude photos of girls at school.
One of the guys also called her friendship group the “suicide squad' and others kicked footballs at them.
Barnet Coroner Court was told that students claim teachers must have been aware of the bullying but did nothing to stop it.
JFS has denied any knowledge of the three-year campaign and the difficulties it caused for Mia.
On March 12, 2021, the teenager was found dead at her family home in Harrow.
The inquest heard from a number of children in her year at JFS who told the court about the bullying campaign.
One said how the group of boys “bullied her and still bullies other students”.
Another described how they kicked footballs and her friends, filmed her and abused Mia.
The court was also told that there was a Snapchat group called 'Panacha', which included more than 60 boys from JFS and possibly others schools.
They used the group to post mocking messages about female students and shared photos of their faces superimposed on the naked bodies of porn stars, it was said.
The group is also said to have been used to share nude photos of their classmates, pressuring girls to send them.
One child described the group as 'intimidating' and 'disrespectful'.
They added: 'I never saw the group chat but knew things would be shared on it because people would talk about what was being shared at school.'
The inquest heard on the evening before her death, a TikTok video criticizing two of her bullies was shared in the Snapchat group.
Mia is said to have become increasingly anxious as a result and told a friend that she was “mentally preparing to be bullied” as a result of the video.
The court was told she seemed 'normal' at school the next day but told a friend: 'If you died would people care so much about you? next one day?”
Her friend said: “I didn't mind, we laughed it off.”
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The inquest found that the Snapchat group was deleted a few weeks after Mia's death at the request of Rabbi Cohen, the school's security guard.
JFS' position is that the school was unaware of the group chat's existence before the tragedy.
Her father Mariano Janin told how his 'special' daughter had been 'full of plans' for the future.
He added: “On the last night of Mia's life we were sitting at the table eating dinner and she told us she had had a tough week.
'I was surprised by what she said as she had only been back to school for one day. She said she wanted to leave JFS.
“Marissa [Mia’s mother] told her she could and that we could look into homeschooling.
'I was very worried about what might have happened after a day at school, that she would come home sad.
“I didn't realize at the time how bad it was for her.”
The investigation continues.
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