Mum of boy, 14, who may have died in TikTok challenge wins fight for new inquest

Ellen Roome with her 14-year-old son Jools Sweeney, who was discovered unconscious in his bedroom at home in April 2022, in what was believed to be an online challenge which went wrong (Picture: PA) A mum has won a court fight to reopen the inquest into her son’s death to try and find out if it was linked to a social media challenge gone wrong. Jools Sweeney, 14, died at home in Cheltenham in 2022. There was a previous inquest in September that year, but it lasted only 23 minutes and called no live evidence before the coroner returned a narrative conclusion. Speaking after the High Court ruling today, Jools’ mother, Ellen Roome, said: ‘For more than four years we have fought every single day for the truth about what happened to our beautiful son, Jools. ‘Today, the legal system has finally