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by **Effes** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 6:30 pm

On BBC:

A police negotiator has told a Derby inquest how he tried to talk a teenager down from a car park roof while onlookers goaded him to jump.

Shaun Dykes, 17, from Kilburn, Derbyshire, died in a fall from the sixth-floor roof of the Westfield shopping centre in September 2008.

Assistant deputy coroner Louise Pinder recorded a verdict of suicide.

Det Insp Barry Thacker said people yelled "jump" and "get on with it" as he tried to talk Shaun down.

He said the shouts from the crowd distracted Shaun and him on a number of occasions.

Mr Thacker said as he approached Shaun, who was sitting on a ledge overlooking London Road, the teenager told him: "You can talk to me, but you won't change my mind."

At one point the negotiator stretched his arms out to Shaun to try to persuade him to come away from the ledge to talk things over.

But as Shaun bent down to take his hand, a voice from the crowd shouted: "You're wasting taxpayers' money," the inquest was told.

The teenager then pulled back from the officer, saying: "No, it's gone too far." A short time later he jumped, Mr Thacker said.

Police Divisional Commander Andy Hough told the inquest: "The city lost its humanity for a period of time that day".

Earlier Shaun's mother Tina told the hearing her son felt under pressure because his GCSEs were approaching.

He had also been feeling low because of a relationship that had ended.

Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/derbyshire/7831166.stm
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Seriously like, it's sick.
Just heard this on BBCFiveLive - people were filming on mobiles and teeling him to jump.

Unbelieveable - what is up with some people?

by **Lando_Griffin** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 6:38 pm

Effes wrote:On BBC:

A police negotiator has told a Derby inquest how he tried to talk a teenager down from a car park roof while onlookers goaded him to jump.

Shaun Dykes, 17, from Kilburn, Derbyshire, died in a fall from the sixth-floor roof of the Westfield shopping centre in September 2008.

Assistant deputy coroner Louise Pinder recorded a verdict of suicide.

Det Insp Barry Thacker said people yelled "jump" and "get on with it" as he tried to talk Shaun down.

He said the shouts from the crowd distracted Shaun and him on a number of occasions.

Mr Thacker said as he approached Shaun, who was sitting on a ledge overlooking London Road, the teenager told him: "You can talk to me, but you won't change my mind."

At one point the negotiator stretched his arms out to Shaun to try to persuade him to come away from the ledge to talk things over.

But as Shaun bent down to take his hand, a voice from the crowd shouted: "You're wasting taxpayers' money," the inquest was told.

The teenager then pulled back from the officer, saying: "No, it's gone too far." A short time later he jumped, Mr Thacker said.

Police Divisional Commander Andy Hough told the inquest: "The city lost its humanity for a period of time that day".

Earlier Shaun's mother Tina told the hearing her son felt under pressure because his GCSEs were approaching.

He had also been feeling low because of a relationship that had ended.

Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/derbyshire/7831166.stm
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Seriously like, it's sick.
Just heard this on BBCFiveLive - people were filming on mobiles and teeling him to jump.

Unbelieveable - what is up with some people?

They need shooting through the skull.

Thus would end these vicious, evil little f*ckers' behaviour.

by **SupitsJonF** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 7:09 pm

Shocked no one did anything about the shouts, article made me mad. I would of definitely shared some words with the people shouting, :censored:

morons.

by **dawson99** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 7:11 pm

Meanwhile the shopping centre was closde, as were all roads in the area no doubt, for feck knows how long. Yes the people were rude, insensitive... but the man was selfish. Like a man who jumps in front of a train, very selfish and not fair on the people who have to mop up after.

On the other hand, if i heard someone shout jump, id tw@t the fecker.

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