A musician hanged himself after receiving a message on Facebook telling him to 'go and die', an inquest heard today.
Simon Foxley, from Hyde, Gloucestershire, was left heartbroken when a girl he met on the internet deleted him as a friend on Facebook and when he tried to contact her he received taunts from her friends.
After the final message he climbed from his bedroom window into the garden where he ended his life.
His body was found by his father, Graham, 56, and brother David, 18.
After a coroner recorded a verdict of suicide, Simon's family spoke out against cyber-bullying.
Simon, a keen drummer who had just started a foundation degree in music, was found dead in the early hours of September 21 this year.
His inquest in Cheltenham heard he had been affected after a relationship ended with a girl he had met on Facebook but had never met.
Mrs Foxley said: 'Simon had a few problems and suffered from a lack of confidence but we were making real progress with him.
'We just didn't teach him what girls could be like occasionally and he was down about it - then he got the Facebook messages.'
Mr Foxley added: 'He had been thinking of it (suicide) previously and obviously that comment led him to do it that night.'
Simon, who also had an older brother Gary, 24, had just started a degree at the Academy of Music and Sound in Swindon, Wiltshire.
His family believe a career as a professional musician beckoned - describing him as a 'shy, sensitive lad' who 'always put others first'.
In his suicide note to them he wrote: 'I hope you all make the most of your lives and cherish the people and the moments you share with them.
'I can't say sorry enough times for it to be the slightest bit good.'
Simon's younger brother David, 18, said: 'We had so much in common and we shared so many moments growing up, we would always be there for each other.
'He was one of the lucky ones who could have had a career in something he loved.
'He is an inspiration to us all and will forever have a place in my heart.'
More than 570 friends and family joined the Facebook page 'RIP Simon Paul Foxley' in the wake of his death.
