A devastated Australian mum whose teenage son died in a workplace tragedy says sick online trolls - some as young as 13 - are mocking his death.
Laura McMullin's son Jayden Fuller died at work on October 12 in a suspected accident involving a roller.
Within hours of losing him cruel internet trolls sent her jokes and memes about his death, the Daily Star reports.
The heartbroken mum has since gone to the police in an attempt to get the abuse to stop and has even pleaded with the trolls directly.
Writing on Facebook, she warned: “I physically, mentally and emotionally cannot take any more.
“All I want at the end of the day is to feel my son’s love, my son’s memories to stay alive, his laughter in my head - not the constant memes, posts and group chats laughing about my beautiful son.”
But despite the emotional plea for the abuse to stop, it kept coming and Laura decided to take screenshots to the police.
She told 7News the ordeal left her in a “really dark place” and added: “My body is giving up.
"My body just cannot take anymore. Our family is purely innocent. We are purely innocent.”
The distraught mum claimed that kids who defend her son online are also being “ambushed” by trolls and are “terrified to speak out”.
She is calling for more education about how trolling can impact the victims and says she hopes the evil trolls “truly don’t know” how much damage their actions can cause.
Workplace safety authorities are still investigating exactly how Jayden died, but it is suspected to have been an accident with a roller while working at a Gold Coast house near his home in Queensland, Australia.
