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A sexually abused 13-year-old girl slipped to her death in a “ghastly accident” and did not intend to kill herself, a coroner has said.

Chevonea Kendall-Bryan was begging a teenage boy to delete a video tape of her being abused when she plunged 60ft from her bedroom window in Battersea, the inquest heard.

Coroner Bernard Richmond QC told Westminster coroner’s court that he believed Chevonea was leaning out of the window to convince the boy, known as E6, that she would jump if he did not erase the mobile phone footage but that she never intended to follow her threat through.

The inquest previously heard that Chevonea, who self-harmed, was the victim of school bullying.

Her mother Amanda Kendall said her daughter had been upset as a result of the bullying, which started when she was in year eight, when she was slapped and pushed by other pupils.

Ms Kendall told North Westminster coroners’ court last week: “Chevonea was very bubbly and always laughing and joking. She was a nice little girl.

“She was getting bullied. It started with name calling but got physical —tripping her up, pushing, slapping.

“She wasn’t the same bubbly person she was when she started at school. Matters got worse, she started self-harming — cutting herself on her arm. That was a way of taking away the pain of being bullied.”

Ms Kendall said: “I was called into the school. Chevonea went to a party, there was some sexual activity. She had gone to a party with a friend. They left and were walking and her friend was with her boyfriend and another boy.

“Her friend went in a block of flats with her boyfriend. Chevonea was left with the other boy. She felt like she had to do it. He forced her to do it because she didn’t know what would happen if she didn’t do it.”

The bullying got worse after she was forced to perform oral sex on another boy the following day after he threatened her, it was said.

The court heard how Chevonea suffered cardiac arrest after the fall and died from severe injuries to the brain.

The inquest was adjourned and will reconvene for the verdict on Wednesday.