Sophie Parkinson: Last News

A Scots mum says tech bosses should be made criminally liable for protecting kids from online harm - after her teen daughter took her own life.

An Edinburgh nurse whose daughter killed herself after viewing harmful online content has backed calls for tougher social media regulation. Ruth Moss is campaigning with the NSPCC for new legislation which would hold tech bosses to account.

suicide of a Scots teenager might have been avoided if she had better mental health support from an NHS service, a sheriff has ruled.A fatal accident inquiry (FAI) has taken place into the death of Sophie Parkinson more than six years after the tragedy.Sophie was just 13 when she died at her home, in Liff, on the outskirts of Dundee in 2014.She was a second year pupil at the £13,000-a-year High School of Dundee and first sought help from mental health services when she was seven.Now after the inquiry, a judgement has been issued by Sheriff Lorna Drummond QCThe FAI focussed on the care she received from psychological experts at NHS Tayside’s CAMHS - Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services.And the Sheriff said that a number of precautions

A heartbroken mother has urged the Scottish government to change legislation surrounding Fatal Accident Inquiries.

The mother of a teenager who took her own life is set to finally get answers about her daughter’s tragic death.

The mother of a teenager who took her own life has criticised the Crown Office over delays in starting the inquiry into the tragedy.

Fatal Accident Inquiry into the tragic death of a teenage girl will finally go ahead - over the phone. The heartbroken family of Sophie Parkinson, who was just 13 when she took her own life, have waited six years for answers.