FameCrawler

please do not spread rumours that rupert was teased at school because i am his classmate and i know for certain that he was not.

This is true, i am also a close friend, he was one of the most popular boys in our year at school, we all loved him and will miss him forever.

Just because you personally did not see any teasing going on does not mean that this poor kid didn't feel marginalized or put down on some way. We'll probably never know his reasons, so you can't assume that you do. You just never know what's going on inside someone's head and heart. Such a tragedy...

Who ever Chyna823 is, have some respect.

These boys lost a close friend and the last thing they want to hear is allegations.

You have no idea what school Rupert went to and the strong community he belonged to, no one is teased, marginalized or put down at our school over there parents because we are proud to be educated with strong morals.

rest in peace...

we miss you already and it really doesnt feel like your gone...

why would you do such a thing...

it doesnt feel real i only spkoe to you the night before this happened...

i wanna say a prayer for his family,jason and his family,lauren reiman and megan clarke

R.I.P

you were a dear friend

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I went to rupert's school it wasn't a bparding school it

is called st columbas college and it's in st albans. no one had a grudge on him so stop making up all these stories.

WTF, The Sun, please get your story right, Rupert was popular and had loads of friends

I agree with alistair, Rupert has been one of my best friends since i was eleven. i was with him just about every weekend for the last three years. Up till the END not as the sun have said it. He was a happy, intelligent loving boy. Do people really need to know why he did it?

NO remember him as a loving, loved and highly respected boy he was and still is.  SO JUST LEAVE THE REASONS, LEAVE ST.COLUMBA'S ALONE AND MOST OF ALL LEAVE HIS FRIENDS AND RELATIVES ALONE!

A very close friend of perts

richard

Alistair and others: I was not being disrespectful--I would never do that in the face of such a terrible tragedy. My point was just that no one can say for sure what or was not the problem with this poor kid. Sadly, no one knew was was going on with him. I feel for his parents.

Whilst I appreciate that reporting on events will always happen, I am sorry that people feel the need to "speculate and spread rumours" without full knowledge.

As a parent of a pupil at this school I will say only this. These boys need all our support and love right now, accusations and irresponsible reporting will do little to help.

These boys loved Rupert very much and there is no doubt about that. There is a strong community spirit within the school and together with their faith they will pull through this.

Please leave these children (after all, thats what they are) to celebrate Ruperts life as he would have wanted and support each other in coming to terms with the loss of their friend.

My Son goes to St Columbas and its a fantastic school,

he says no bullying goes on and all the boys respect each other and their families. This has affected my son badly,

the boys and teachers will get through this with the love of each other. Our thoughts and prayers are with the family. St Columbas will always remember Rupert, with love and affection. He will never be forgotten, my son has

very fond memories of Rupert. RIP.

Lots of my friends knew him, but I personally didn't. What I just want to say is that his death has not only shaken St Columbas, but many of the other schools in St Albans. It seems that Rupert was known and loved by many people, who have been saddened and shocked by the tragedy, and will go on to remember him as the guy he was, whilst missing him at the same time.

My thoughts and prayers are with all those who knew him.

Rest in Peace

X

LEAVE RUPERT ALONE.

and all of us(his closest friends) and his family.

stop making up rumours and saying things that aren't true.

yeh some of us did know why rupert did it and some more than others.

when you write these storys about him, do you think how his friend and family might feel?

pert didnt get bullied or teased.

he was loved:)

so if you going to write something about him, why dont you write something respectful to the freidns and family.

something that we can read witout you making te situation 10 times worst.

some of us have just lost one of our closest friends and the thing is you didnt even know him.

there was no need for that article.

so stop it

keep out of it please.

from megan,

(one of perts close friends)

Rupert was a very nice person. he was NOT bullied. newspapers hould get thier stories right.

hey, i am mehmet salih of 3 maclancy at st. columbas college. i was ruperts good friend and he was like a brother to us all, please stop spreading rhumors he was at home at school not some torment house. your source is ignorant, SICK IN THE HEAD and unreliable so don't use it! please close this page PLEASE he would want that! just let him rest in peace. i love rupert, he IS my 3rd best friend. he used to always go on about philosophy and life after death, he was curious. he wanted to join the army and knew EVERYTHING about it! he loved history, ccf, pastoral work, path finders, anti bullying and HIS PERSONAL FAVOURITE: going to mr jones' (the pastoral leader) office to chat all the time, he spoke more with mr. jones than with us. he will be MISSED GREATLY however he will NEVER be forgotten by us. i love you rupert RIP and i hope your ok, i'm coming to your funeral m8! i love you. and you won cadet of the year, you were meant to recieve it last friday but you went path finders instead.

PLEASE STOP SPREADING LIES ABOUT HIM

listen, chyna823. YOU HAD BETTER SHUT UP. IF RUPERT HAD BEEN BULLIED AND WE HADN'T KNOWN ABOUT IT HE WOULD HAVE DONE SOMETHING ABOUT IT not just let it get under his skin. shut up, we DO know why, you don't that's all there is to it so fuck off.

don't worry lads, we'll all get through this ok!

we gotta stay strong and do what he wants us to do:

remember the good times!

we knew him, you didn't so fuck off to YOUR lives and let us live ours! it doesn't concern you selfish ignorant people AT ALL so get lost! and IF your nosey enough don't read the UNRELIABLE sources of info like "the sun" cuz he weren't bullied

Personaly i didnt know Rupert, but many of my friends did. I herd alot about him and much he was loved. I think that if "The Sun" dont know the TRUE story, then they should just get lost. His family and closest friends knew him the best, so why not just ask them to get the facts.

My thoughts go out to his family and friends.

R.I.P Rupert, You sounded like a very nice boy, i would have loved to know you.

And a little message to "The Sun" ....   GET LOST!!

rupert was one of the strongest people i knew.

he wouldnt have killed himself over bullying.

he woudl've fought back.

fucking fighter till the end.

dont say rest in peace, that boy will never rest and tbh he wouldnt have wanted your sympathy.

you lot just want your headlines.

*flips off*

oh yeah, can people who didnt know him please stop assuming that he was bullied or that he has some deep problems. we (as his mates) knew him well. he told his two closest mates everything and they shared what he wanted them to so go home.

please close this page as it is just speculation and gossip.

not needed. we have the newspapers to spread that rubbish.

knowing rupert for over 6 years, i cannot believe how wrong you all are.

rupert going to a private school would not imply that he got bullied or teased.

if he went to a state school would it have made a difference? surely it would.

he didnt get bullied or teased and i am not going to believe that it was to do with his dad's job.

also, rupert was not a musician. he owned a guitar but gave up. this shows how much the research the sun do is based purely on what they see, and they do not look into stories enough to say true things.

it is unfair of press like the sun to have done such poor research about the situation.

i do not think anybody reading the sun should believe this.

then again, the people who buy the sun are usually footballers and hooligans. or people who could spell the word uuuuuuuuuuu with their gcse results.

i found this recent issue of the sun in a bin and that's where it's going.

this has been a real eye opener on what the sun writes about, and how i should not believe most of the things i see in papers, because they do not do enough research about their subjects.

Ignorant journalism is what this all comes down to. The vulnerable and naive may believe what they read in the newspapers, but why don't you take in, speculate around and consider all of the above comments?

the comments left by his friends

the comments left by his friends mothers

Why assume the media knows all the answers?

yes, it is true we do not know why Rupert did it, we can only try to consider the reasons, this in itself is a fair enough. But why not take it from me, a close friend of ruperts that he was not bullied? Everyone had a right t speculate, but why waste your own time speculating something that simply is not true?

Take it from me, a close friend of Ruperts, a proud member of St.Columbas college.

hi i knew rupert and he was one of my best mates and he seemed ok so i dont no what happend but there must of been something wrong so RIP rupert you will be sadly missed

OMG the sun can just get lost they dont know anything about rupert apart from he commited suicide so they just made load of stuff up! RIP rupert

i knew rupert quite well and he was a great guy he was a happy kid at school he was friendly but also teased due to his father as i was told. I think these papers should stop making these stupid things up and just leave him to rest in peace. he tried hard in his CCF And i thought he did very well to get his reward. i did nt now his parents but i feel sorry for them at this time of distress. I feel sorry for his sister as she will now have to try and comfort her parents. As Jason said he played guitar and he was very intelligent. The teachers at st columbas are also very sad of his loss and it will always be remeberd at scc and he shall not be forgotten and i will not forget him. Well all miss you rupert Rest In Peace.    

The Sun should stop shit stirring as it is really offensive to those who knew and love him, and especially as they are making it out to be something to do with his dad's job. Get your facts right... don't you think his family and friends have been enough. Gees... enough with the crap and put yourself in their shoes for once.

RIP Rupert you will be missed and were a great part of many lives.

p.s. to the author of this blog, please may you complain to "The Sun" about their insensitive allegations, using this webpage as evidence.

I agree with jason, I've known rupert about a year and half (aswell as jason) and I am 100% he wasn't teased, even the teachers liked him.

I wish they'd put something in the article about what he truly did, as apposed to assuming he was a talented musician.

He skateboarded for example, that was a large and important part of his life.

But f*ck it, it's not like you care.

I love u rupert!

oh yeah and chyna823 stop calling him 'that poor kid'

R.I.P

wee Kneww Rupert And He was popular and the new papersss are alooot of liess !

R.I.P

WEEE WILL MISS U (L)

wee Kneww Rupert And He was popular and the new papersss are alooot of liess !

R.I.P

WEEE WILL MISS U (L)

wee Kneww Rupert And He was popular and the new papersss are alooot of liess !

R.I.P

WEEE WILL MISS U (L)

wee Kneww Rupert And He was popular and the new papersss are alooot of liess !

R.I.P

WEEE WILL MISS U (L)

wee Kneww Rupert And He was popular and the new papersss are alooot of liess !

R.I.P

WEEE WILL MISS U (L)

Whilst I am 3 years above Rupert's year group I had many dealings with this fantasitc young man. I had contact with him through the Pastoral Programme, as I am a Pastoral Leader like Rupert. His recognition by the Prime Minister on the Princess Diana awards for his initiative in the counter-bullying showed how he was committed to making the school an even better place than it is. Also, in the CCF, he stood to me as a potential leader of the CCF and I know many of my colleagues in the CCF would agree. Also, his knowledge of the Army was amazing and he probably knew more than me!

I attended the funeral today (18/06/2008) as a the Deputy Head-Boy but more importantly as part of the CCF. I was honoured and proud yet sad and emotional to march infront of the coffin at the end and form a Guard of Honour to a true Columban and a truely brilliant young man of whom I heard a lot through Mr Jones.

The school is a strong community with a unique atmosphere and together we will get over this tragedy whilst still remembering this brilliant young man.

I, like everyone else will remember you.

Rest in Peace.

The Sun newspaper qouted a BBC source so any complaints should be made to the BBC - which you are quite within your rights to do. The Press Complaints Commission might be able to help if you think the Sun should not have printed what they did.

r.i.p rupert.

Rupert was a amazing,

he was far to strong to give into bullying,

so please stop saying that's the reason,

because its not even close.

I lost a beyond amazing friend, and to you it's just a new headline,

So to be honest, just leave it out yeah,

Because it doesnt benefit anyone.

yayyy:)

everyone hates the sun, they post crap!

rupert i love you.

I attended the funeral for rupert as a friend of my son & a nice young man who i had met through the school, it is a great loss to every one god bless rupert , as those at the funeral saw he will be greatly missed, my heart goes out to his dad mum & sister who were so strong on such a moving occasion .

What IS it with The Sun????? They're so SO damn offensive... I wouldn't be surprised if they made up the quote from the BBC... they could not be more insensitive if they tried.

Rest in peace Rupert.

you don't even know how wrong you are.

My son went to ST columbas because of the fantastic community and pastoral support after being bullied at a previous school.People and the media make assumptions ,with little or no knowledge.

and the most annoyingthing is that it was the BBC that the sun quoted from and that means that the BBC quoted to nearly every newspaper and news show!!!

i new pert very little i met him only twice when out with freinds, but just from those two freinds, he was so freindly and happy and we are all hurting from loosingg him so all just shutup and let everyonee be alone to miss him, instead off spreading shitt, just let everyone greavee because its a dreadfull loss to the world, and i no im gunna miss himm, and i no for sure, he was NOTT bulliedd, ive heard too many different reasons, love freinds and all that stuff, but maybe if you realized what his last words were than it was life all togetherrr. but we will never be sure and tbh its no ones buisnness why he did, if you dont know him go away and leave them people who did to greive for himm,

RIP Ruperrrt Babess.

xxx

I don't think he was teased. i know his friends and that isnt the kind of thing they would do. I go to a different school to the one he did, but alot of people in the year above me where very upset about it. you could tell he has lots of friends and is loved by everyone who knew him.

Also, i think it is disrespectful for some of the articles about him to have more about what his dad did than what happened to him. No children in there right mind would care about someones dad "lying" or whatever. so just concentrate on whats happened to him.

i would just like to say that  i hav just seen a video for a tribute to rupert marson and if you want to see it the url for it is   www.youtube.com/watch

i hope u like it and i hope you all post comments. i hope Ruperts family say strong through this tragic moment

RIP RUPERT MARSON

soz wnt leme display the url youtube.com/watch?v=3Ucg8baSlzY

put www. infront of it i hope it works if not just type in rupert marson into youtube

When i first joined St columbas, the first time i walked down that long walkway i was with jason and rupert and they were really the first people i clicked with at the school and from my own personal experience he was possibly the most strong, selfless and loved person there. Each day i saw him i notice something more and more amazing about him, like his determination and his gratitude to life and to put it simply "the sun" your dumbass media assumption is completely wrong. You've seen all the comments from the above and clearly who ever is reading this has got to agree that this guy will be missed and was genuinely dearly loved.

"blinding lights lead the way"  i miss you and am burning the newspaper that-shall-not-be-named atm.

fuck off headliner scum