Bullies drive boy away from home

SURREY - A 12 year old boy who ran away from home because he was being bullied at school was being comforted at home after being…

SURREY - A 12 year old boy who ran away from home because he was being bullied at school was being comforted at home after being found at Gatwick Airport. Simon Hanson fled from the family home in Surrey on Sunday after suffering a year of "living hell" at the hands of bullies.

But any plans to fly away would never have got off the ground because he had no money and no passport when he was found asleep in the airport on Monday.

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