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Staff bullies at Melbourne Cafe Vamp prompted Brodie Panlock to commit suicide

Brodie Panlock    Rhys MacAlpine, one Brodie Panlock's tormentors, leaves court today    Brodie's parents, Rae and Damien Panlock.   A YOUNG waitress committed suicide after humiliating and relentless bullying by her co-workers, a court was told today.   Brodie Panlock, 19, was spat on, called fat and ugly and, on one occasion, had fish oil poured all over her hair and clothes.   One tormentor even told her to take rat poison.    Ms Panlock, who worked at Cafe Vamp in Melbourne, jumped to her death in

Blair Retallick, Queensland Townsville boy fleeing bully struck by car

Blair Retallick's mother watches over him in hospital.   A YOUNG boy has suffered terrible injuries while fleeing a bully who threatened to kill him and his school did nothing to prevent it, his mother says.   Eight-year-old Blair Retallick is in intensive care after fleeing a tormentor on a school bus and running into the path of a four-wheel drive outside a Townsville school on Monday.   Local coverage at the Townsville Bulletin   Patricia Retallick said her son was the target of a long-running campaign by school bullies and had been kicked, spat

Vivienne Dye, CBA ex-manager claims to have been sexually harassed and bullied

AUSTRALIA - A FORMER marketing manager at the Commonwealth Bank says the bank embarked on a ''campaign to denigrate'' her after she claimed to have been sexually harassed and bullied by senior managers.   Vivienne Dye   Vivienne Dye, who left the bank in 2007, is suing its online broking arm, CommSec, claiming she suffered from depression and anxiety as a result of the harassment. In the Federal Court yesterday Ms Dye's barrister, Peter King sought to expand his client's claim to include an allegation that bank employees made false statements to others and

Bullied US girl Celina Okwuone, 11, hangs herself in closet

Celina Okwuone, 11, hanged herself in her closet Thursday night. Her diary indicates she was being bullied by classmates at St. Anastasia Catholic School in Fort Pierce.   Celina Okwuone used a belt to wrap around her neck and she had wrapped the belt around the metal shelving.   PORT ST. LUCIE -- Police are investigating the apparent suicide of an 11-year-old girl whose diary indicates she was being bullied at school. Police say Celina Okwuone hanged herself in her closet Thursday night. The 5th grader was found by her parents just before midnight.
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