[Sharon]

“Her face bloodied and battered, this is Bethany James, the latest victim of the pupil-on-pupil violence blighting Britain’s schools.

The appalling injuries inflicted on the 15-year-old are shocking enough. But what is more horrifying is that they were the work of two teenage girls.

This photo of Bethany was taken in hospital by her mother, Tracey James”

“Bethany had been tormented by bullies at her school in Bradford, West Yorkshire, for four years ? including being subjected to a torrent of insults and abusive text and Internet messages.

But it was as she was leaving a video shop near her home in Undercliffe with friends on September 7 that she was beaten up.

She was kicked and punched to the ground by the girls, whom she recognised from school. They pulled her hair and stamped on her head as she lay helpless on the pavement.

One friend called her mother, who arrived in time to pull one of the girls away from Bethany and drive the injured girl to Bradford Royal Infirmary.

Mrs James, a 46-year-old hairdresser, and her husband Anthony rushed to the hospital.”

Picked On - Bethany Was Bullied For Four Years
“Mr James, 47, a telecoms engineer, said: ‘It was horrific as a parent to see one of your children in a hospital bed covered in blood. I couldn’t believe it. It was only when I got to the hospital that I realised the full extent of the attack.’

Mrs James added: ‘I’ve never seen anything like it. One of the doctors said she looked like she’d been in a car crash.

‘Her nose was split open, her mouth had been kicked and her braces caused lacerations, her lips were badly swollen, she was covered in blood, it was all over her clothes, and lumps of her hair were missing.’

Mrs James claimed teachers had failed to put a stop to the repeated bullying endured by her daughter at Immanuel CE Community College in Thackley.

She said: ‘I’ve been to the school on at least six occasions to tell them Bethany was being bullied, but it has continued.

‘Since the attack she has been going to school for only two hours a day in the isolation unit, while these girls carry on as normal. The school wants her back in class as soon as possible, but who wants to go back to these animals?’

Two weeks on, Bethany is still in pain. She said: ‘My nose is still bruised and hurts at the top. I’m too embarrassed to go out.’

Police said two girls have been questioned as witnesses but no arrests have been made.

[Karma]

Good God. I hate bullying. Poor girl.

[hayleylsl]

God..i hope whoever did that to the poor girl is prosecuted. Mind you with our seemingly lax laws on assult they will probably get no more than a bollocking supervision order.

[MisterX]

NO PUNISHMENTthats not right those girl should have a taste of ther own medicine times ten

[PsychodelicTurtle]

What's needed is a vigilante group to drag these little pussy bullies off somewhere so they can show them how to really inflict damage to a human face. If they were beaten as badly or worse than they beat Bethany, they wouldn't be so quick as to lay their hands on another student. Not if they knew there was, definitely, going to be some serious retribution.
I know this from experience. The bullies in my school weren't so eager to put their hands on my friends. They knew that, sooner or later, one way or another, I was gonna get ahold of them.

[AK47pup]

is wrong with the school there??????

Someone needs to find each and every girl responsible for this and do the same to them. This is horrible.

She is such a beautiful girl.

[Faline]

Girls were obviously jealous of her. Poor girl
I hope they get what's coming to them.

[Sharon]

I remember this in the news

[SnappyTurtle]

I fucking hate bullies.

[collaredgirl65]

How can anyone beat someone else like this?