'Our 3 teen daughters killed themselves within months, we want justice'

THE SUN

THREE families who should have been celebrating their daughters’ 21st birthdays this year are instead grieving as more details of their tragic deaths have been laid bare.

Teenagers Christie Harnett, Nadia Sharif and Emily Moore all died within eight months of one another after killing themselves while under the care of the NHS. 

The schoolgirls didn’t know each other before they were admitted to West Lane Hospital in Middlesbrough, and became pals behind closed doors.

The trio have now become connected through their devastating deaths. 

Their heartbroken fathers have now opened up in light of a recent report into the Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust – and called for justice. 

The report found the trust’s West Lane Hospital was “chaotic and unsafe” and there was a “consistent failure to put the young people at the heart of care”.

And while the hospital is now closed and re-opened under a new name, the teens’ families want those who were there and in control at the time to be held accountable. 

The dads say nothing will bring their girls back, but they don’t want their deaths to be in vain – nor do they want another family to experience the heartache they have. 

Between Christie and Nadia, who were 17 when they died, and Emily, 18, the girls spent hundreds of days in West Lane Hospital.

Dozens of pages of medical notes revealing grim details into their final days have been published, and countless tears have been shed by their loved ones.