Victim of harassment by another student for a year, Leo has not made his return with his other comrades and must now change colleges. With his mother, they recount a ordeal that pushed them to change their establishment.

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Léo *, 12, was unable to return to fourth place on Wednesday. And for good reason: until Sunday, this teenager was a victim of harassment by another student, which forced his mother to keep him in the family home of Robersart, a small town in the North near Valenciennes and Maubeuge.

On Sunday, Yamina was "fed up", as she told Europe 1 Thursday. It's a new threatening message to three days of the return that decided not to take his son to college. Saint-Michel of the neighboring town of Solesmes. She also made these threats public, which earned her thousands of testimonials of support.

The fear of a punch at the exit of the college

Leo himself did not want to risk facing his stalker: "I really did not know if it was going to happen," says the young teenager. "That's why mom did not take the risk of going to school today [Wednesday, Ed] You never know, in the playground, it can go fast or even at the exit he can catch me in a corner and punch me. "

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There have been death threats and insults, such as 'son of p ***'. You can destroy someone by the word

Leo's ordeal lasted all the last academic year. "There were death threats and insults, like 'son of p ***' He asked for money while he owes him no penny. ", says Yamina.

These bullying have slowly sinking the child into depression: "He was able to get tablets by asking classmates how much seals needed to die," says his mother. "He was hospitalized because of that because I took him to pediatrics right away, and from that point on, we started a psychological follow-up, and for a year, I saw my son destroy himself every day. psychologically, "she summarizes.

Leo simply wants to find comrades "who appreciate him"

The child is directly questioning the establishment he was forced to leave: "My parents reacted, but it seemed that the college did not care, they did nothing." Contacted, the college did not respond to requests from Europe 1.

After this hell, Leo now hopes to rebuild: "That it stops and I finally find people with whom I can really be friends and who really appreciate me, who are sincere," he wishes. But leaving college while his stalker is still there, it is a little recognize that it is he who won, regrets Leo.

* The name has been changed