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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Abigail Nicholson

Tributes to 'beautiful' teen who had 'bright future ahead of her'

Tributes have flooded in for a teenager who was "drastically let down" by professionals.

Katie Wilkins was 14 when she died on July 31, 2020 at Alder Hey Children's Hospital following a short battle with a rare form of leukaemia. An inquest was held on Monday, May 23 at Liverpool Gerard Majella Courthouse to determine why the teenager, of Runcorn Road in Warrington, died.

Speaking to the court, mum Jeanette Whitfield, paid tribute to her "beautiful" daughter.

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