During an interview with A Current Affair , Casey said he had been bullied almost every day at school and even contemplated suicide a year ago when the taunts became too much.
“I started putting myself down and all the crap just kept piling on,’’ he said.
“That’s when I contemplated suicide.’’
A Year 10 student at Chifley College, St Marys, Casey said he was being targeted by a new gang of Year Seven students last Monday when he was attacked by Ritchard Gale.
Casey said his outburst was a “build-up’’ of more than three years of being attacked verbally and physically by other students.
“They used to slap me on the back of the head and said I was a fatty and to lose some weight.
“I’ve been duct taped to a pole before as well. They target me because I don’t retaliate.
“I’ve never reacted that way before but everything built up inside me for three years...I just had enough. All I wanted is for it to stop.’’
Thanks for the info. I’m glad he fought back instead of doing something to himself. Wish the other kids parents would take this as a learning experience and say something along the lines of, “This is what happens when you pick on someone. Go apologize and make friends.” And, I suspect the media would make a human interest story of that and in a short while it wouldn’t be an embarrassing story for him any more.