Girl posted self-harm photos online before train jump

An inquest into the death of a teenage girl who died after jumping in front of a train has been told she made hints online that she would kill herself.

Tallulah Wilson, 15 and from north London, died in October 2012.

On Monday a jury heard she was addicted to the internet and regularly visited sites accused of promoting suicide.

Police said there was evidence on computers at her home suggesting the teenager took pictures of her arm after she cut herself and put them online.

'Disturbing writing'

Detective Sergeant Adrian Naylor, of British Transport Police, said materials including computers, diaries and a journal had been taken from her home as part of the investigation into her death.

He told the hearing at St Pancras Coroners Court that there had been "disturbing writings relating to self-harm and self-loathing" in a journal that was taken from the house.

One picture of self-inflicted injury on a computer had been captioned "my arm", he said.

She had also written "I am fat", "I am worthless", and the word "ugly" in big letters in her diary and another document.

Asked by Mary Hassell, senior coroner for inner London north, if there had been any "particular trigger" for Tallulah's actions, he said: "There is no specific trigger, it is a culmination of what appears to be relationship breakdown with people on the internet, concerns about self-appearance and basically engaging with people with like-minded people who seemed to feed that obsession."

Copies of pages from her diary were presented as evidence.

Addressing the jury at the inquest, Ms Hassell added: "I presume you will have seen a photograph of Tallulah - a very lovely looking young woman."

Tallulah's mother Sarah Wilson spoke at the inquest on Monday and said she had closed down her daughter's Tumblr account shortly before her death because it contained photos of her harming herself.

She said her daughter had a large number of followers and believed other girls on the social media site were also cutting themselves and comparing their injuries.

The court heard that Tallulah had become so obsessed by the internet that she had created a fantasy cocaine-taking character to escape reality.

Dance class

On Tuesday the inquest heard that the schoolgirl had become "obsessed" by the death of another girl at her dance school.

Ms Wilson told the coroner's court that her daughter had followed news about Rosie Whitaker, also 15, who died after being hit by a train in Beckenham, south-east London, after being bullied online.

She said the girls were in different years at school and were not thought to have met.

Tallulah had been a pupil at St Marylebone School in St Pancras until the summer term of 2012 and had then attended St Margaret's School in Hampstead, west London, in the weeks before her death.

The teenager, from West Hampstead, jumped on to tracks at St Pancras Station on Sunday 14 October and died later that day.

Her mother believed the talented dancer had been at her usual dance class.

On Tuesday the court heard from the driver of the train that struck her.

He said it was like time stood still and he could not believe what was happening.

The inquest continues and is set to last about a week.

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