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Edinburgh Live
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Sian Traynor

Heartbroken West Lothian family face first Christmas without daughter

A West Lothian family have urged other young people to speak out about their mental health as they face their first Christmas without their daughter.

Eight months on from when the 17-year-old took her own life, loved ones of Megan Reid, from Livingston, have shared how a “huge gap” remains in all of their lives.

Passing away in April, the “bright and bubbly” teenager had suffered years of historic sexual abuse by her father, and had finally told her mum, Gemma, in 2018.

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