Care failings may have contributed to transgender boy’s death, inquest concludes
Systemic failures by services supporting a transgender teenager who took his own life could have contributed to his death, a jury inquest has concluded.
After a five-day-inquest, jurors said that Jason Pulman, 15, who was found dead in Hampden Park in Eastbourne on April 19, 2022, died by suicide potentially because of his mental health and gender identity issues.
The jury at Hastings Coroner’s Court said there were failings by all services involved in Jason’s care and that the police inadequately responded to his disappearance.
The jury said: “Jason’s emotional and mental health needs were inadequately assessed and provided for.
