Inquest reopened into death of 14-year-old boy after TikTok ‘blackout challenge’

A landmark high court ruling has reopened the inquest into the death of Jools Sweeney, a fourteen-year-old schoolboy from Gloucestershire who died in April twenty twenty-two. The Guardian reports that his parents, Ellen Roome and Matt Sweeney, believe social media played a role in his death, pointing to the popularity of the so-called blackout challenge online at the time. The fresh inquiry will allow previously omitted social media evidence to be considered.

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