It’s believed Caitlyn Scott-Lee took her own life
A 16-year-old girl thought to have taken her own life was due to have her first-ever detention the day after she died.
Caitlyn Scott-Lee’s body was found at Wycombe Abbey School in Buckinghamshire on April 21 last year.
Her inquest at Buckinghamshire Coroner’s Court today heard the teenager received the detention after alcohol was found in her locker.
Caitlyn’s father, Jonathan Scott-Lee, told the inquest that his daughter was a ‘daddy’s girl’.
Speaking of when she was a baby, the senior banker said: ‘I took care of her, dressed her, cuddled her, fed her and soothed her.
‘As she grew as a toddler, there would be bitter-sweet moments where she would stand by the window of our home and cry as I left for my daily commute.
‘Little did she know I would return each evening.’
Caitlyn was a pupil at the prestigious Wycombe Abbey School in Buckinghamshire
Caitlyn died at Wycombe Abbey School, where she was a boarder (Picture: Wycombe Abbey/Facebook)
Mr Scott-Lee said his daughter, like him, was autistic.
‘It is a myth that people with autism don’t have much emotion,’ he added.
He said their feelings were ‘amplified’ as they are ‘internal’.
‘Caitlyn was so much more than autism, Wycombe Abbey and detention,’ he said.
Mr Scott-Lee told the inquest he had looked through a photo album after her death.
Caitlyn with her family
Caitlyn’s father Jonathan Scott-Lee paid tribute to his daughter at the inquest (Picture: HSBC)
He said: ‘I saw photos of Caitlyn obtaining her scuba diving licence at age 10 in the Philippines, playing tennis in Scotland, modelling in Singapore, camping in Wales, riding helicopters in New Zealand, skiing across Japan, honing rifle marksmanship in Birmingham, driving at age 13 at Mercedes Brooklands, and hiking the Great Wall of China.
‘Even I was surprised at how full a life Caitlyn lived in 6,041 days.’
The inquest heard that staff began to search for Caitlyn after she failed to return in time for curfew at her boarding school accommodation on April 21.
Jonathan said he’d looked through a photo album and was reminded of Caitlyn’s ‘full life’
Caitlyn was autistic, her father said
Her body was then found in a secluded area of the school.
In January, an inquest heard how a 14-year-old girl from Barnet, London took her own life after relentless bullying from male pupils.
Mia Janin, a Year 10 pupil at the Jewish Free School (JFS) in Kenton, north-west London, was found dead at her family home on March 12, 2021.
The teenager left a harrowing voice note for her friend just hours before she died.
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