A parent reportedly warned a school about "extreme bullying" before a 14-year-old pupil died in a 'deliberate act' at a train station.
Tragic pupil Sam Connor, who was described by pals as “kind and caring”, died on the tracks at Chertsey, Surrey, on Monday.
Now, a father and commuter who used the station said he previously wrote to Salesian School to report bullying by its pupils.
The dad-of-two, who does not wish to be named, said he saw a boy being hit over the head with a bottle and witnessed a gang of lads question a 12-year-old girl about her sexuality at Chertsey sataion.
He witnessed the distressing scenes last June, and decided to speak out after hearing Sam reportedly clambered onto the tracks before being hit by a rush hour train.
He said: "There was a clearly of culture of bullying at the school going on at the time but to them, it appears the responsibility ends at the school gates.
"It shouldn't take a boy dying for the school to sit up and take notice."
After witnessing the incident last year, the father emailed to school to alert them to what was going on, reports the Sun .
In the email, he said: "I think it should be mandatory that a teacher or a responsible person from your school accompanies the children on the train in the mornings and evenings, as I first had to tell a boy to stop beating up another boy on the seat next to me. This is bullying.
"I then had the misfortune of overhearing a boy questioning a young girl of about 11 or 12 who was surrounded by other children about her sexual history"
The father branded the students' behaviour as "abuse and bullying of the highest order".
Salesian School did issue an apology over the pupils' behaviour, but said "resources are limited" and staff would not be able to accompany children to and from the station to school.
Up to 100 pupils are understood to use the train to get to and from the school each day.
Sam had reportedly been bullied online by trolls who posted cruel comments about the student.
He reportedly handed his schoolbag and a phone to fellow students before climbing onto the tracks.
A note left by the tragic teen also contained two names, it is believed.
One of Sam's devastated relatives told MailOnline: "There were just a couple of names and the code to his phone. He was a smart kid, you know. I think if anything went wrong he's put it in his phone and said, there you go.
"He handed the phone over and the password and also a couple of names, when he handed it to his friend."
Deborah Barrett, mother of Sam's half-sisters, paid tribute to the teen, who was the youngest of six.
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