About this episode

Ellen Roome discusses her fight for answers regarding her son's death and the implications of social media in the case.

In this episode Liz speaks to Ellen Roome, the mum who has spent the past four years fighting for answers about the tragic death of her 14-year-old son Jools. After an inquest that lasted just 23 minutes and failed to properly examine his phone or social media activity, Ellen has now succeeded in getting the original verdict quashed by the High Court and a new inquest opened.  Ellen tells Liz why she believes social media could hold the key to understanding what happened to Jools, how her campaign has helped change the law, and why she is continuing to push for stronger protections for children online.  She also gives an update on the legal action she and other bereaved parents are taking against TikTok in the US. Subscribe via https://plus.thecrimedesk.com Follow us on TikTok @DailyMailCrime Email us thetrial@dailymail.com WhatsApp us +447796657512 (start your message with ‘Trial’)   Presenter: Liz Hull Guest: Ellen Roome Editor: Chelsey Ranore Creative Director: Caroline Cheetham Assistant Producer: Harriet Muckle Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini   A Daily Mail production. Seriously Popular. The Trial series uses actors and some voices generated by AI…

People in this episode

Host: Liz Hull

Guest: Ellen Roome

Topics covered

• tragic death
• social media
• legal action
• child protection
• inquest
• bereaved parents

Keywords

• Jools Sweeney
• Ellen Roome
• social media
• inquest
• TikTok
• child protection
• legal action

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: TikTok, Daily Mail, The Crime Desk, High Court

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