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BBC News Published image captionMatthew Mackells call for help came from an area with a 2.5-mile radius, an inquest heard A systemic failure led to police not sending officers to help a teenager who rang 999 and said he was about to take his own life, a coroner has ruled. Matthew Mackell, 17, was found dead in a Tunbridge Wells park in May 2020. He asked Kent Police to send somebody to "pick me up", but refused to give his name or location, an inquest heard. A call handler was unaware they coul...

Matthew Mackell, from Tunbridge Wells, was found dead on May 7 last year Police downgraded the priority of a request to find Matthew, 17, inquest heard He told a call handler he was going to kill himself and asked to send someone Police downgraded the request due to not having an exact location for Matthew  For confidential support call Samaritans on 116123 or visit www.samaritans.org

Family of Matthew Mackell remember bright, clever and kind son, and brother this Christmas  |  Updated: 16:07, 17 December 2020 The father of a schoolboy who took his own life in lockdown, has decorated his sons grave with festive lights as a moving tribute to his bright, clever and kind boy this Christmas. Matthew Mackell, a Year 12 pupil from Skinners Kent Academy, was just 17 when he died in Dunorlan Park in May. Matthew Mackell was just 17 A memorial bench placed in the Kent and Sussex Cr...