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Following Bulling, Cop Trainee Kills Self

Following Bulling, Cop Trainee Kills Self

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A 28-year-old lesbian training to be a London police officer killed herself in June following bullying by her colleagues, according to her roommate, who appeared Monday at a hearing on the woman's death.

Lara Goldie not only told her roommate about the antigay abuse she endured while training to be a cop, she also left a four-page suicide note that spoke of the harassment. Goldie did have emotional problems and had attempted suicide three times before killing herself, but she appeared distraught by a recent breakup as well as negative comments regarding her hairstyle and sexual orientation.

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