SCHOOLGIRL, 13, TOOK HER OWN LIFE AT RESERVOIR AFTER TRICKING HER FATHER INTO TAKING HER THERE

A schoolgirl took her own life at a reservoir after tricking her father into taking her there, an inquest has heard. Qudsiyah Mahmood, 13, had begged her ill dad to take her to the Baitings Reservoir near Rippondean, West Yorkshire, with the promise she would do well in her upcoming exams at school.
But an inquest at Bradford Coroner's Court heard the teen girl, from Halifax, had said it as a ploy. 
She had woken her father up to ask him to take her there on the day of her death, the inquest heard, and told him she had wanted to take pictures and videos at the location.
He had been walking in front of her, but when he turned around to check on her she had gone, the inquest heard.
She drowned on May 28, with her body being found the following day.  
Qudsiyah had told friends she had been in a 'low mood' at the time, however, her family were not aware of her intentions.
Det Insp Laura Hall, of West Yorkshire Police, told the inquest that officers had seen screenshots of Snapchat messages Qudsiyah had sent to her friends prior to her death. 
'She was questioning whether she was gender fluid and agnostic, and also whether she was intending to take her own life,' she said.
'The family was not aware of this but told the police that, whatever the problem, they would have been supportive.'
DI Hall added: 'Qudsiyah had asked to visit to take photos on the bridge like she had seen on social media, although due to her father's ill-health, he warned her that they couldn't stay very long. 
'Upon promising she would "do well in her exams" if her father took her, Mr Mahmood and Qudsiyah drove to the reservoir around lunchtime.
'Mr Mahmood was walking slightly ahead, when he recalls "feeling like something was wrong" and "hearing a splash".
'Mr Mahmood turned around to see Qudsiyah over the edge of the bridge and struggling in the water.'
The detective said she had told friends she was going somewhere with her father, and the teenager was 'intending to take her own life'.
The hearing was told Qudsiyah regularly went on walks at the reservoir with her family and it had been somewhere she enjoyed visiting.
'Based on the account from [the witness] and messages to friends, it would suggest that she had taken her own life,' the detective said.
She added: 'Her friends were aware but nobody else was aware of what she was doing.
'Screenshots of messages sent on Snapchat insinuated that Qudsiyah was experiencing low mood and was confused about sexuality. 
'She was questioning whether she was gender fluid and agnostic, and also whether she was intending to take her own life. 
'The family was not aware of this but told the police that, whatever the problem, they would have been supportive.'
Calderdale Council said no safeguarding concerns were identified following an investigation.
Ms Chandler concluded: 'It would appear from the evidence that Qudsiyah deliberately entered the water.'
The teenager, who was a Year 8 pupil at The Crossley Heath School in Halifax, was described as a 'bright, kind and friendly young person who brought happiness to our school' by head teacher Dean Jones.
Recording a suicide conclusion, Corner Caroline Chandler said: 'The family visited the reservoir regularly and Qudsiyah had asked her father to go and take some photos on the bridge. That morning she had awoken her father, asking to go.
'They went to the bridge, walked across it and took some photos. Following this Qudsiyah is described as being behind her father. Something alerts him to turn round, and when he turns around, she is gone.'
Qudsiyah, who was born in Mirpur, Pakistan, went to Crossley Heath in Halifax. 
In an email to parents, her headteacher described her as a 'bright, kind and friendly young person who brought happiness to our school'. 
Headteacher Dean Jones said: 'Our thoughts and prayers are very much with her family now and always.'