"THANKS everyone for ruining my life - I might as well go and kill myself. . .no-one cares."

This was the chilling final message of a Fylde schoolgirl just hours before she tied her school tie around her neck and hanged herself.

Jenny Sykes, 13, was found dead in her bedroom, inside her wardrobe by her mother.

On the night before she died in July last year, Jenny logged onto the internet chat service MSN Messenger.

Det Insp Pauline Lambert, who led the police investigation, told the inquest: "Jenny had signed off 'Thanks for everyone for ruining my life - I might as well go and kill myself. . .no-one cares'."

She was the second Year Eight pupil at Lytham St Annes High School to die in such circumstances in eight months.

An inquest in Blackpool today heard how the troubled teenager had previously talked to friends about taking her own life and had even taken an overdose of tablets.

And how she became obsessed with the death of Paul Moran – a fellow 13-year-old pupil who died in November 2005.

Jenny wrote many messages about killing herself and used a ouija board to try and speak to Paul.

Mum Angela Illingworth described her daughter as a "bright and chatty kid".

But she told the inquest: "Everything changed from November 17 2005 when Paul Moran died.

"I was shocked by how she was affected because she had never mentioned him before. At this point I lost my little girl.

"The happy carefree Jenny had gone. She completely lost interest in school."

A number of newspaper cuttings about Paul were found in Jenny's room. The word "RIP" was found said on the radiator and wardrobe.

Coroner Anne Hind asked the mother: "She really was obsessed (with Paul's death) wasn't she?

"Mrs Illingworth replied: "Yes.

"Paul's death played on her mind. She re-enacted it in her sleep. She would have written a letter if she had intended to take her own life. I am convinced this is something she did in her disturbed sleep pattern."

A verdict of accidental death was recorded.

Jenny was found by her mum at just after 7.15am on July 12 at the family home in Ring Dyke Way, Lytham.

Det Insp Lambert said: "Jenny had a very caring and loving home environment.

"Some 30 pupils at Lytham St Annes High School and St Bedes High School were interviewed following Jenny's death.

"We looked closely at the possibility of bullying. They found Jenny had been bullied in the past, but there is no indication that was still the case."

Det Insp Lambert said several pupils had told police that Jenny had spoken about killing herself in the weeks and months before her

death, and had attempted self-harm.

Police were also told that on one occasion, in December 2005, Jenny and a friend had taken a quantity of pills for which both were sent to hospital by school staff.

Police said several other pupils received notes from Jenny making reference to hanging herself or taking an overdose.

Det Insp Lambert said: "In a note given to us by a Year Eight pupil at LSA Jenny said 'I am a waste of space. Nobody cares I'm here. They want me dead'."

Another note said: "If I killed myself nobody would care – they would just have a party and celebrate that I would be gone."

Dr Dariusz Golka who carried out the post mortem said: "We carried out tests for alcohol and drugs but everything came back negative."

He added Jenny had died as a result of hanging and had probably died about two hours before she was found.

Paul Moran, of Spring Gardens, St Annes, was found hanged at his home.

An inquest into his death, last year, recorded an open verdict saying there was no way to know if he intended to kill himself or was making a cry for help.

Paul's mother Carole Bullock claimed her son suffered a catalogue of bullying incidents both in and out of school.