Autistic teenager Caitlyn Scott-Lee, took her own life at a prestigious private school where she was a boarder – she confided in a friend that she would ‘rather kill myself than go to detention’.

Why She Killed Herself

The 16-year-old girl committed the act after being given her first ever detention in April 2023.

Court also heard that few days to her death, Caitlyn had written about killing herself in a diary she kept.

Her diary entries were contained positive and negatives such as Caitlyn looking forward to playing tennis.

At the start of a three-day inquest into her death, Mr Scott-Lee was allowed to read a highly emotional pen portrait about his eldest child.

As he took his place at the front of Beaconsfield Coroner’s Court, he placed her favourite stuffed toy – the 2012 Olympic mascot called Wenlock – on a desk in the front of a desk for witnesses.

What She Told a Friend

A friend’s statement was read to the court in which she said Caitlyn had mentioned that she would rather kill herself than have a detention, which her father said showed how ‘painfully clear’ it was that his daughter was ‘truly literal’.

What Her Father Says

Her father says he does not blame the school for her death on eve of inquest.

In his pen portrait Mr Scott-Lee, a banker, spoke of his pride and joy when Caitlyn was born after 16 hours labour at a hospital near their home in Windsor.

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Caitlyn’s Birth

He said: ‘The day was serene and perfect. She was our first born and was a daddy’s girl. I took care of her, dressed her, cuddled her and soothed her.’

Mr Scott-Lee said Caitlyn would cry when he left for work but happy when he returned.

‘We both did love the special daddy-daughter time,’ he said.

He said the extent of her disobedience as a toddler was failing to use mouthwash when she was angry.