Polish teenager who took her own life was 'victim of bullying', coroner told
Dagmara Przybysz said she was called 'nasty' behind her back
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A 16-year-old Polish girl who took her own life at school was bullied at school, police told a coroner's court.
Dagmara Przybysz, who moved to Britain with her family nine years ago, was found dead last May.
Now a coroner has been told that detectives found evidence she was bullied and pushed in a school corridor.
The teenager had complained of classroom racism on the Ask.fm website two years before she was found hanging at Pool Academy, Cornwall.
Detective constable Craig Daddow, of Camborne CID, told a pre-inquest review that "we spoke to many pupils and we gathered evidence that there were incidents in which Dagmara was bullied by a group of girls, and she was also pushed in a corridor on one occasion", The Plymouth Herald reported.
Dagmara, who was reportedly passionate about fashion and photography, was described as "beautiful, bright and creative" by her school following her death.
Asked online what problems she had in school she replied: "Racism."
She added that her friends calling her "nasty" behind her back made her feel sad.
The comments were made three years ago, but, after her death, several friends referred to continued problems.
One friend posted online: "It is so sad what people do to make people do this stuff."
A full inquest is expected to take place later this year.
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