Teen found hanged by her father a day after being handed a detention

A SCHOOLGIRL hanged herself after she was handed a detention for refusing to tie up her hair in class, an inquest heard.

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Elizabeth was found dead in Sale Cheshire by her father

Elizabeth Gresty, 15, was said to be going thorough a "teenage phase" at the time of her suicide

as she struggled with her GCSE revision.

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An inquest heard she had argued with her parents over a detention she had been given

It was a teenage phase she was going through. She had been a little more moody, spending more time in her room recently

And when the keen singer was confronted by Mrs Gresty, a hairdresser, as she returned home, she told her mother she would not be attending the detention.

Elizabeth spent the rest of her evening "dancing and singing" with her headphones on the night before she died.

Stockport Coroners' Court heard that the teenager was last seen by her parents in the kitchen of their home at around 8pm on March 19.

She went into the kitchen before returning to her room and was not interrupted by her parents who thought she was revising.

But the popular teenager was discovered dead in her room by Mr Gresty the following morning.

Giving evidence at an inquest held today, Mrs Gresty said: "She had just gone through her mock exams. She was struggling a little bit.

"We were trying to help her. She, like many teenage girls, had friends round often and she would spend a lot of time in her room.