Girl, 15, went to walk the dog and never returned home

A bright and popular teenage girl took her own life after becoming 'tormented' by anorexia, an inquest heard.

Eve Lewis left her home in Lancashire to walk the family dog on September 26 last year. Tragically, she never came back.

The 15-year-old, who dreamed of becoming a lawyer, was killed instantly when she was hit by a fast-moving train, LancsLive reports. Her family had no cause for concern when she left home that day.

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Loved ones thought she was 'over the worst' of her crippling eating disorder. They added: "There was nothing to suggest that when she went out to walk the dog that day, that she wouldn't be coming home again.

"There were no cries for help. Eve had so many things to look forward to and so many plans for the future.

"We don’t believe Eve wanted to die; she wanted to put an end to the torment she was in. That torment was anorexia."

The talented youngster, who was in her final year at Burscough Priory Academy, had developed the eating disorder in the latter part of 2020 in her 'quest for perfection', the inquest at Preston Coroners' Court heard yesterday (July 14). Her mum Paula noticed she had lost a considerable amount of weight but, initially, Eve still appeared to be eating 'normal' meals at home in Burscough.

However, at the start of 2021, as Eve was forced to home-school because of lockdown, she became obsessed with her food intake. By the Easter holidays she 'wouldn't even allow herself' to enjoy the Sunday lunch her mum had made and her weight plummeted to less than six stone.

By April 2021 mum Paula, a retired police officer, had become so concerned that she took Eve to see the GP who