Beachy Head
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The body of the child, was found IN a RUCKSACK.
Have you misread?
Eastbourne Coastguard station officer Stuart McNab, who was one of the first to be winched down the cliff, said a rucksack found at the scene contained toys, including a tractor and soft toys.
Toys, rather than boys.
Cheeky Monkey
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- Jul 17, 2003
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Was up there a few days ago. Horrible way to die.
- Jul 7, 2003
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Quick though, isn't it. Not long and drawn out.
They always talk about it being one of the UK's most notorious suicide spots. Where are the others??
I know the Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol is one, as they have a Samaritans phone on the entrance to the footpath across.
Cheeky Monkey
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Not something I would ever contemplate! Even though I'd be dead by the end, the thought of being smashed to pieces, leaving a piece of your frontal lobe on the cliff face on the way down doesn't really appeal Edna! I'm still amazed at how little of the area around Beachy Head is fenced off - not to stop people jumping, but to stop stupid tourists walking right up to the edge to peer over.
- Jul 7, 2003
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Nor me, but then if you've reached the point where you're contemplating killing yourself, then presumably your rationale in terms of potential hazards along the way will be seriously affected as well.
Someone I know hung himself a couple of weeks ago. A massive shock, I guess most of us will be fortunate enough to never know how dark life can get for some people.
Cheeky Monkey
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More people hang themselves or throw themselves in front of Tube trains than go off the Head each year so it's not quite as much of an issue as it's made out to be.
Beachy Head is so notorious because it's so dramatic. This won't be the first or last time a family go over.
Beachy Head is so notorious because it's so dramatic. This won't be the first or last time a family go over.
Don Quixote
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Why is the death not suspicious if the kid was in a rucksack?!
- Jul 7, 2003
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Well either the news report has written that wrong, the police are satisfied it was a murder/suicide with nobody else involved, or there's some reason to believe the child died of natural causes prior to going off the cliff, unlikely though that would appear.
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I think it's "not suspicious" as they think that no-one else was involved in it.
Cheeky Monkey
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At least we know it's something you'll never contemplate Laura, after all you are a 'Bag for Life'
Taxi for Cheeky Monkey please!
I heard that the boy was in a rucksack on the radio. Other strories may suggest otherwise...but thats what i heard off Southern Counties radio.
junior
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Well at lest nobody got held up on thier commute home from London this time
Collar Feeler
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What sort of c'unt puts their own child in a rucksack and jumps off a cliff? Why couldn't the tosser just kill himself?
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Think there may turn out to be more to this one than meets the eye...