Tragedy as schoolboy, 17, takes his own life after falsely thinking he had failed his maths GCSE

A TEENAGER took his own life after falsely thinking he’d failed his maths GCSE.

The day after Alex Henshaw, 17, died his parents received an email saying his paper had been remarked and he had actually passed.

Alex Henshaw died falsely believing he’d failed his exam He was also worried about doing a presentation in front of his class MuchLovedAlex had ADHD and autism[/caption]

Mum Lisa Hamilton, from Winchester, said in a statement: “He had been very distressed, he had just failed a GCSE maths paper.