Charlotte Guy, 17, took her own life after sending a Snapchat to her boyfriend revealing she’d cheated (Picture: Cavendish)

A teenager took her own life after she accidentally revealed to her boyfriend that she had slept with someone else.

Charlotte Guy, 17, meant to message a friend to confess, but sent it to Jack Hurst, 20, who was at university.

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After realising what she had done, she messaged Jack again saying: ‘Goodbye. Please forgive me’ followed by a final message saying: ‘I love you – knowing that you hate me is enough.’

Jack called police after reading the messages and used her Snapchat account to pinpoint her location but Charlotte was found hanged from a tree in Wigan, Greater Manchester where she had been studying healthcare.




The couple had been dating on and off for two years and Jack told the inquest that they regularly spoke on the phone or messaged one another.

Charlotte took her own life after sending a message to her boyfriend by accident (Picture: Cavendish)

He told the inquest: ‘On Sunday [September] 24 she text me to say that she wanted to talk. I said I was busy doing something and I would speak to her later. After this she sent me a Snapchat message that was meant for her friend but that she had sent to me instead.

‘The Snapchat referenced her sleeping with someone on the Saturday night. She told me that it wasn’t for me, and apologised and said she was a horrible person.

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‘She said that she wanted to talk and explain but I said that I didn’t feel like talking and to message me to say what she wanted to say.

‘At 17:11 I got a long text message for her starting with ‘okay I think I get the point’.

‘This message concerned me and I tried to call her but she didn’t answer. I got another message at 17:13 saying “it doesn’t matter. Goodbye. Please forgive me”.

‘The last message I got from her at 17:14 said: “I love you, knowing that you hate me is enough”.’

The night before she went out with friends Stephanie Bradshaw and Kieran Ashcroft.

Mr Ashcroft said: ‘She told me that she had been seeing someone called Jack Hurst for about two years but they had since split up.

‘She didn’t seem upset about it and seemed really happy the entire night. The next day I dropped her off home at around 6am and she sent me a message later on.

‘Charlotte told me that she had been having a good night, and seemed happy when I dropped her off the next morning.’

Earlier Charlotte’s parents Martin and Deborah Guy told their daughter had previously self harmed and had been referred to healthcare professional. Jack had previously told them their daughter had made comments to him about ending her life.

Mr and Mrs Guy said the last time they saw their daughter was on Sunday 24 September, when she had a cup of tea with them and informed them she was going to collect her things from a friends. Mr Guy said the messages conveyed to Jack, were ‘for attention’ and added: ‘I don’t think that she knew the severity of what she was doing.’



Charlotte’s brother Dean said of her break-up with Jack: ‘She was upset, but then we watched the films and when she went home she seemed happier.’

Recording a narrative conclusion, coroner Alan Walsh said: ‘Charlotte was 17 years of age when she died. She was at college, and her trigger points were work related stress of both college and work and domestic life with her boyfriend.

‘That may well have been a factor to affect her state of mind. She was in a relationship with Jack Hurst for the best part of two years.

He added: ‘I believed she was a troubled young lady. The effect it will have on her family and friends is beyond imagination.’

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