The heartbroken father of a 14-year-old schoolgirl who a coroner dominated took her personal life after relentless bullying by male pupils stated she was ‘failed’ by the ‘individuals who have been meant to maintain her protected’.
Mia Janin, a 12 months 10 pupil on the Jewish Free Faculty (JFS) in Kenton, north-west London, was discovered useless at her household residence in Barnet on March 12, 2021.
An inquest this week heard she was subjected to a vicious marketing campaign of bullying by male pupils at college and on-line, which noticed her focused in a degrading boys-only Snapchat group.
North London space coroner Tony Murphy, sitting at Barnet coroner’s court docket, concluded immediately Mia ‘took her life whereas nonetheless a toddler and whereas nonetheless within the technique of maturing into maturity’
He stated she ‘skilled bullying behaviour from some male college students’.
Tragically, Mia’s mom, Marisa Janin, died simply months after her daughter following an aneurysm.
Mia Janin, a 12 months 10 pupil on the Jewish Free Faculty (JFS) in Kenton, north-west London, was discovered useless at her household residence in Barnet on March 12, 2021

Talking after the inquest, Mr Janin advised reporters: ‘Nothing will deliver again my spouse and my daughter Mia’

Mia as a toddler together with her farther Mariano (proper) and mom Marisa (left)
Talking after the inquest, Mr Janin advised reporters: ‘Nothing will deliver again my spouse and my daughter Mia. For nearly three years, we have now sought reply for the lack of Mia.
‘Right now, we discover a few of the solutions on the failure of the individuals who belief and have been meant to maintain her protected.
‘My daughter skilled extended and sustained bullying in numerous methods in individual and on-line.
‘In a approach, it is a aid this has now been recognised.
‘Nevertheless, there must be accountability. One other household can’t dwell what I’ve lived.
‘I am representing my spouse and my daughter, who all the time held kindness in the direction of others, and I’ll keep on.’
He paid tribute to his ‘unbelievable’ daughter, including: ‘She was a really bubbly, good sense of humour. She was stunning. She was very type, very inventive.’
Mr Janin, an inside designer initially from Argentina, referred to as for modifications in on-line legal guidelines ‘to guard our children’.
He stated limits must be placed on kids’s web entry and clearer methods for authorities to gather social media knowledge within the occasion of different tragedies like Mia’s demise.
He added: ‘The college needs to be extra vigilant they should contain extra younger individuals who perceive all this social media and all this know-how higher than us.
He additionally referred to as for faculties to be ‘clear’ on values and the way they transmit these to college students, so folks can ‘respect each other’.
He added: ‘It is quite simple. It is nothing to do with me. Sadly, I am a sufferer of this failing system.’

Pictured: The Jewish Free Faculty in Kenton, north-west London the place Mia was a 12 months 10 pupil

Mr Janin described Mia as a ‘bubbly’ woman who had simply been invited on a vacation to Greece together with her greatest pal from faculty
He welcomed the modifications Mia’s former faculty had made since her demise, and stated Dr David Moody, the present headteacher, gave the impression to be ‘doing an excellent job’.
Mr Janin additionally signalled his assist for the web security act, which grew to become legislation in October, as ‘one thing that’s proper’ however stated he wouldn’t again a ban on smartphones in class.
Coroner Mr Murphy stated Mia was final seen alive at about 10pm on March 11 2021 when she stated goodnight to her dad and mom of their household residence.
Earlier that night, she advised them she had a ‘troublesome week’ at college and requested to maneuver to a distinct secondary faculty, which they agreed to take a look at, he added.
However Mia was discovered hanged by her dad and mom at about 6.50am the next day.
Police later discovered two letters in Mia’s handwriting on her mattress addressed to ‘her loving household and buddies’, which ‘defined that Mia determined to finish her life’.
Mr Murphy stated Mia had ‘shut buddies, together with at her secondary faculty, however she additionally skilled bullying from some male college students’.
He added: ‘On 10 March 2021, Mia had posted a video on social media asking two of those male college students to not mock her and criticising their music and trend.
‘This video obtained a lot of hostile responses, which Mia discovered annoying.’
He stated neither Mia’s household nor academics have been conscious of the bullying earlier than her demise and her demise was ‘fully surprising by her household, buddies and academics’.
This week’s inquest heard she bullied was ‘on buses, in school and at residence’ by a gaggle of boys who ‘nonetheless bully different college students’.
Mia, whose friendship group was labelled the ‘suicide squad’ months earlier than she died, was additionally focused on-line, together with in a vile boys-only Snapchat group which ridiculed and posted nude photographs of feminine pupils.

The inquest heard how a gaggle of boys bullied Mia and different college students ‘on buses, class and at residence’
Different photos within the group present the ladies’ faces photoshopped onto the our bodies of porn stars.
However a TikTok video Mia made hitting again at two of her tormentors was shared to the group and led to such a backlash that she was left ‘extraordinarily scared’ to go to highschool the following day.
In voice messages despatched to buddies the night time earlier than, she stated: ‘I’m mentally making ready myself to get bullied’.
Mr Murphy had stated there was no proof about whether or not any info, photos or video about Mia was posted within the social media teams save for the TikTok video.
The college’s former deputy heard, Rabbi Howard Cohen, stated he solely realized of the Snapchat group – and a Whatsapp group the place boys rated women’ attractiveness – after Mia’s demise.
He talked to the boys alleged to be members of 1 group and stated they agreed to ‘disband’ the group. He stated he no motive to consider the social media teams have been any approach linked to Mia.
JFS advised the inquest it didn’t know Mia was being bullied or of the existence of the Snapchat group earlier than her demise.