The family of Semina Halliwell, a 12‐year‐old schoolgirl from Southport, is reeling after her death, three days following an overdose of prescription tablets. Semina, a Year Seven pupil at Stanley High School, tragically passed away at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in Liverpool on June 12, 2021. An inquest into her death concluded recently, leaving her grieving mother, Rachel Halliwell, feeling that the findings were “enormously dissatisfying.”
During the inquest, evidence revealed that Semina had suffered months of bullying and harassment, compounded by alleged sexual abuse by a fellow pupil in January 2021. The distressing revelations emerged in the days leading up to her death. On the night of June 8—just one day before she was scheduled to give a video interview about the alleged rape—Merseyside Police were called to the family home once again, according to the Manchester Evening News.
