Tilly Rosewarne: Teenager's parents reveal what could have been done to save daughter's life

The grief-stricken parents of a young girl who ended her life after years of bullying have revealed how their daughter’s life could have been saved in just 12 minutes.  Murray Rosewarne and Emma Mason have spoken of their unimaginable grief after losing their eldest daughter Matilda ‘Tilly’ Rosewarne, 15, to suicide seven weeks ago. The couple told 60 Minutes their ‘easy kid’ with a big giggle and cheeky nature had been the target of schoolyard bullies since she was a small child. However, it was the circulation of a pornographic image, falsely said to be Tilly, on the app Snapchat that finally broke their daughter’s spirit.  Tilly (pictured) was found dead by her father near her old cubby house at the family’s home in Bathurst, in the central west of NSW, on the morning of February 16Her concerned parents had watched as their bright and cheerful daughter had begun to struggle to socialise, not even able to share a meal with her family.Following the Snapchat incident Tilly was moved to a new school, but because of how rapidly the image had circulated she continued to be targeted by bullies. Ms Mason said her daughter ‘never got over’ the fake pornographic image and said it had meant…
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