A young farmer took his own life after being bullied at school by a group of ‘so-called’ friends, an inquest has heard.  

Jack Allot, 15, was found by his parents at their family farm in Barnsley in January after facing weeks of torment from bullies.

The tractor fanatic had previously told his mother Sarah Richardson that he was ‘being bothered’ by ‘so-called friends’ at his secondary school. 

She told Sheffield Coroners’ Court that Jack had been a target ‘because he was so nice’.

Recalling the day her son died, Sarah said she saw a note from Jack and immediately knew what had happened. 

Sarah and Jack’s father John then raced to their farm, where they found Jack had taken his own life. 

Emergency services were called to the scene, but he was later pronounced dead at Barnsley District General Hospital.

Assistant coroner Rebecca Connell concluded Jack died of suicide, adding that his death was ‘a huge waste of a very young and delightful life’. 

Jack Allot, 15, took his own life after being bullied at school by a group of ‘so-called’ friends, an inquest has heard

Jack was described by his mother as ‘such a happy, nice, loving, generous boy’

‘He was just such a happy, nice, loving, generous boy. He was so nice, and he was just a target for the bullies because he was so nice,’ Sarah told the inquest, as reported by YorkshireLive. 

‘He was just beautiful, sensitive, generous. He loved his animals. He was my number one,’ she added. 

Jack’s funeral on February 28 was commemorated by a procession of just less than 100 tractors, which ‘brought Barnsley to a standstill’. 

The Tractor Lads Around Penistone group is also raising money for Bee Kind for Honey, a youth suicide prevention charity in Barnsley, with a Christmas tractor run later this month. 

‘If we can stop one family from going through what Jack’s family has gone through, we’ve achieved what we would like,’ Andy Lucas, a member of the Tractor Lads Around Penistone group, told YorkshireLive. 

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