Schoolchildren made fun of the girl in a group chat on the eve of her death, the investigation said

A group chat run by schoolchildren was allegedly used to make fun of a 14-year-old fellow student which is believed to be suicide, an consequence heard

Mia Janine, a 10th grade student at the Jewish Free School (JFS) in Canton, NW Londonwas found dead in her family's home in Ram March 12, 2021

Her father, Mariana Janin, said she believes she is being cyber bullied by other JFS students.

Statements given by Mia's friends to the Metropolitan Police after her death were read out to an inquest at Barnet Coroner's Court on Tuesday.

In statements, her friends said Mia had been bullied by other students at school and that their group of friends had been nicknamed the “suicide squad” in the months before her death.

They said one of Mia's TikToks was uploaded to a Snapchat group chat run by JFS students where they mocked her.

One child said the boys used the group chat to share nude photos of the girls.

The child added: “They were taking screenshots of girls' faces on social media and making fun of them.

“They shared Mia's TikTok videos and made fun of her.”

According to them, the boys also photoshopped the girls' faces onto the bodies of the performers of pornography.

“They used girls' faces on porn stars' bodies to upset us,” they said.

The child said that they spoke with Mia the day before her death.

They said Mia asked, “If you died, would people care about you the next day?”

“We laughed, that's all she said, it was in normal conversation,” said the child.

Another child said the TikTok video was posted by Mia the night before she returned to school after the end of Covid restrictions.

The inquest heard that police believe the TikTok was posted on March 10 when she returned to school on March 11.

The child said Mia received many negative comments on the TikTok video from other JFS students.

“Mia said she's fine, but I don't think she's fine,” she said.

Mr Yanin told the inquest that his daughter had asked if she could reschedule the school after returning home on March 11.

The inquest heard his wife, Marissa, who has since died, told Mia she could be home schooled for the rest of the school year and that they would consider transferring her to a new school after that.

Then Mia went to sleep. She died a few hours later.

District Coroner Tony Murphy said there was no evidence that images or videos involving Mia had been shared on group chats other than TikTok.

The inquest heard that Rabbi Cohen, the former deputy director of JFS, told the boys to shut down the group after Mia's death.

JFS' position is that the school was unaware of the existence of the group chat before Mia's death.

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