A CBBC child star died by misadventure after hanging at her family home, an inquest has ruled.
Mya-Lecia Naylor , 16, died after being found in a marquee at her home in south London in April.
Emergency services were called at about 10am on April 7, to reports of a teenage girl in cardiac arrest.
She was pronounced dead at Croydon University Hospital just after 11.30am.
Mya-Lecia was due to sit her GCSEs this summer but her parents had received a phone call from the school saying her grades were lower than expected.
Her dad, Martin Naylor, believes her death was a “silly mistake”.
He said: “I believe she did not mean to do it.”
Assistant coroner Toby Watkin concluded that the teenager – who starred in CBBC shows such as Millie Inbetween and Almost Never – “did not intend to end her own life” and concluded her death was by misadventure.
A toxicology report revealed no evidence of drugs or alcohol in her system and searches of her phones, laptop and social media accounts did not present anything suspicious.
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