A brave dad made the decision to share these heartbreaking pictures of his daughter on what would have been her 18th birthday.
Julia Derbyshire, who was just 16 at the time, died on October 19, 2015 after attempting to take her own life by hanging herself. She lived for five days after the incident before her dad, Adrian Derbyshire, made the agonising decision to turn off her life support.
These pictures were taken just minutes before her death.
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It's believed that she attempted suicide after facing torment from online bullies.
Adrian, a two-time Paralympic gold medal winner, shared the pictures to help the anti-online bullying campaign he set up following her death - #SASSY (Support Against Self-harm And Suicide in Youth).
He has been giving out campaign posters and selling wristbands to raise awareness of online bullying as part of the campaign.
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Speaking to the Mirror, he said: "Releasing these photos was one of the hardest things I have had to do in my life.
"I took the photos in the minutes before Julia's death and buried them on my phone until now because I didn't want to look at them and I still don't.
"But I knew that I was going to post them, obviously to help raise awareness, because I think that the cause is too vital to not use them.
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"Instead of taking her out for champagne to celebrate her 18th birthday, I was placing flowers on her grave."
Tragically, Adrian was unaware that Julia was being targeted by bullies. He found her collapsed at their family home and attempted to give her CPR before help arrived.
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Adrian, who was confined to a wheelchair following a near-fatal brain haemorrhage in 2008, added: "Seeing the photos raised emotions back to that time and made me feel physically sick.
"But if it can help a parent or a family not to go through what I have been through then that is what the campaign is all about.
"The response has been very overwhelming - I have had messages from families who have lost their teenagers and children and they have thanked me for releasing the photos.
"It also shows just how desperate the issue is and how needed the campaigns that I do are."
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If you want to support his cause, you can follow his Twitter account, @TheJDCampaign, here and use the hashtags #Sassy and #InspireBelieveSucceed.
One in five people aged between 13 and 18 claim to be cyberbullied, and 11 percent of 15-16-year-olds have experienced it.
It can range from anything like threats and intimidation, harassment and stalking, defamation, publicly posting or sending on personal information about another person and manipulation, on platforms like text, email and on social networks.
If you want to learn more about cyberbullying, or if you know someone who might need help, visit Internet Matters here.
If you need to talk, call Childline free on 0800 1111 or visit Childline.org.uk for more information.
