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24-12-2014, 01:03 AM
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2838120/Two-teenagers-arrested-racist-graffiti-school-black-pupil-dead-home.html
Did KKK gang bully this boy to his death? Racist graffiti 'clue' to hounding of 15-year-old
- Erick Maina, 15, was found dead at his home in Merseyside on Saturday
- Friends of the popular teenager held a vigil to pay their respects to him
- But racist graffiti was later found at his Maghull school and a park nearby
- A 17-year-old boy and 18-year-old man have now pleaded guilty to causing racially aggravated damage and will be sentenced next month
- Erick had posted ‘Bye’ on his Facebook account on morning of his death
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/11/19/233C726C00000578-2838120-Two_teenagers_have_been_arrested_after_racist_graf fiti_was_disco-64_1416357328528.jpg
Two teenagers have been arrested after racist graffiti was discovered at the school of Erik Maina, 15, who was found dead at his Merseyside home
Racist graffiti about a black pupil was daubed on the walls of his school hours after he died in an apparent suicide.
The body of Erick Maina, who was praised as a role model and inspiration by teachers, was found at his home on Saturday morning.
That night vile insults were sprayed on buildings at his school and in a nearby park.
The messages included a reference to the Ku Klux Klan, the word ‘n*****’ and Erick’s name alongside a swastika.
Two teenagers were arrested and have pleaded guilty in court to racially aggravated criminal damage.
Kenyan-born Erick, 15, complained of racial abuse at a gym last year and officers are investigating whether he had suffered any more in the run-up to his death.
His mother, Jane, 45, told the Mail: ‘This is a very hard time for me. There are lots of questions running through our minds.’
Erick had posted ‘Bye’ on his Facebook account on the morning of his death.
Brendan McLoughlin, the head of Erick’s school – Maricourt Catholic High in Maghull, Liverpool – said he was ‘sickened and shocked’ to find the graffiti on Sunday morning.
Mr McLoughlin added: ‘After collaboration with the police, along with the site team, I removed the graffiti to ensure none of our pupils would have to witness such material.’
He said Erick was immensely popular, adding: ‘We’re all absolutely shocked about what’s happened.
‘It’s so tragic for a young boy who had such great prospects. He had a great future.’
The Daily Mail annoyingly (but sometimes for the good) changes its articles with updates, meaning they're often different to when first posted. Anyway this happened back in mid-November and I had been meaning to post but was busy at that time so never really got around to it. I will post though because it's personally related to me.
I don't usually post stories like this because there's so many and also because it isn't my forte. I did want to post this though because I was friends with his elder brother in Sixth Form and although I haven't saw the brother in about a year or since the summer because we're always away at university, absolutely shocking that his younger brother killed himself. It goes to show how news like this can strike a lot closer to home than you'd like to think.
I never met the lad who took his life, but you could tell from my mate that the family was rather strict and he was amazingly brought up: always spoke properly, always mature, essentially wouldn't hurt a fly and I am sure the younger brother was exactly the same.
RIP.
Did KKK gang bully this boy to his death? Racist graffiti 'clue' to hounding of 15-year-old
- Erick Maina, 15, was found dead at his home in Merseyside on Saturday
- Friends of the popular teenager held a vigil to pay their respects to him
- But racist graffiti was later found at his Maghull school and a park nearby
- A 17-year-old boy and 18-year-old man have now pleaded guilty to causing racially aggravated damage and will be sentenced next month
- Erick had posted ‘Bye’ on his Facebook account on morning of his death
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/11/19/233C726C00000578-2838120-Two_teenagers_have_been_arrested_after_racist_graf fiti_was_disco-64_1416357328528.jpg
Two teenagers have been arrested after racist graffiti was discovered at the school of Erik Maina, 15, who was found dead at his Merseyside home
Racist graffiti about a black pupil was daubed on the walls of his school hours after he died in an apparent suicide.
The body of Erick Maina, who was praised as a role model and inspiration by teachers, was found at his home on Saturday morning.
That night vile insults were sprayed on buildings at his school and in a nearby park.
The messages included a reference to the Ku Klux Klan, the word ‘n*****’ and Erick’s name alongside a swastika.
Two teenagers were arrested and have pleaded guilty in court to racially aggravated criminal damage.
Kenyan-born Erick, 15, complained of racial abuse at a gym last year and officers are investigating whether he had suffered any more in the run-up to his death.
His mother, Jane, 45, told the Mail: ‘This is a very hard time for me. There are lots of questions running through our minds.’
Erick had posted ‘Bye’ on his Facebook account on the morning of his death.
Brendan McLoughlin, the head of Erick’s school – Maricourt Catholic High in Maghull, Liverpool – said he was ‘sickened and shocked’ to find the graffiti on Sunday morning.
Mr McLoughlin added: ‘After collaboration with the police, along with the site team, I removed the graffiti to ensure none of our pupils would have to witness such material.’
He said Erick was immensely popular, adding: ‘We’re all absolutely shocked about what’s happened.
‘It’s so tragic for a young boy who had such great prospects. He had a great future.’
The Daily Mail annoyingly (but sometimes for the good) changes its articles with updates, meaning they're often different to when first posted. Anyway this happened back in mid-November and I had been meaning to post but was busy at that time so never really got around to it. I will post though because it's personally related to me.
I don't usually post stories like this because there's so many and also because it isn't my forte. I did want to post this though because I was friends with his elder brother in Sixth Form and although I haven't saw the brother in about a year or since the summer because we're always away at university, absolutely shocking that his younger brother killed himself. It goes to show how news like this can strike a lot closer to home than you'd like to think.
I never met the lad who took his life, but you could tell from my mate that the family was rather strict and he was amazingly brought up: always spoke properly, always mature, essentially wouldn't hurt a fly and I am sure the younger brother was exactly the same.
RIP.