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Shaun Dykes (17) jumped to his death while being egged on by onlookers
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Suicide - Jumper
Published: Oct 01, 2008 @ 7:47 PM
Shaun Dykes (17)
Date:
Sep 28, 2008
Cause of Death:
Suicide
Location:
Derbyshire, UK
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A teenager jumped to his death after being egged on by a group of onlookers who were taking photographs and filming the tragedy on their mobile phones.
Shaun Dykes,17, who plunged to his death from a car park in Derby after a crowd of onlookers urged him to jump.
Shaun Dykes, 17, plunged from the top of a city centre car park after police negotiators spent three hours trying to talk him down.
A 300-strong crowd of had gathered underneath, with a few shouting abuse at him and urging him to jump. One teenager even yelled: "How far can you bounce?"
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