By Lara Keay For Mailonline
Published: 15:36 GMT, 19 February 2019 | Updated: 15:39 GMT, 19 February 2019
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A distraught mother whose teenage son took his own life after being kicked out of lessons for wearing a hoodie ran out of his inquest when the coroner ruled it was suicide - not manslaughter.
Derek Brundrett, 14, had struggled with mental health, enjoyed the dangers of free running, and was described as a 'risk taker' and a 'loose cannon'.
He was removed from a science lesson at his school in Pembrokeshire, Wales, in December 2013 and was later found hanged in some woodland nearby.
Derek Brundrett (pictured with his mother) was discovered by staff and other pupils in trees close to the school's main entrance
The 14-year-old had been kicked out of lessons for wearing a hoodie, an inquest heard
Paul Bennett, assistant coroner for Pembrokeshire today ruled his death a suicide.
His mother Katrina Wray has waited five years for the outcome of the inquest and ran out of the hearing crying, saying she would file for judicial review because it 'should have been manslaughter'.
The mother-of-three added there had been a 'clever distribution of blame' and a total lack of accountability.
She said outside the court: 'It wasn't the verdict I was expecting or hoping for.
'The Coroner found that Pembrokeshire County Council failed to get Derek the help he needed.
'If they had listened it may have resulted in a different outcome than my son's death.
'I sincerely hope that lessons will be learned so that other children will not be failed in the same way. I look forward to receiving an apology.'
The inquest found there were
