Jason Pulman was found dead aged 15 in Hampden Park in Eastbourne in April 2022, with an inquest jury finding in April last year that his emotional and mental needs were “inadequately assessed and provided for” by multiple services, and that police “responded inadequately” to his going missing.
Jason Pulman’s mother, Emily Pulman, and his stepfather, Mark Pulman. (Picture: Anahita Hossein-Pour/PA)
They claim the force “failed properly or at all to protect Jason against the risk of suicide” after he was graded only a “medium risk”, and that there was a “real prospect of a different outcome” if there was a “reasonable response” to Jason’s disappearance.
The force has expressed its “sincere condolences” to Jason’s family.
Mrs Pulman, 39, said: “If the police can actually take accountability for what has happened and what went wrong, that is the only way they can start making changes.”
“I want to try and get some change for kids like Jason, as I know that that is what he would want as well.
Jason began identifying as a male aged around 14, but never received specialist gender dysphoria treatment due to assessment delays.
On April 19, 2022, Mrs Pulman discovered Jason was missing from their home in East Sussex and called the police.
The call handler graded Jason as medium-risk, but an officer did not look at the case for more than three hours after the first call, despite Mrs Pulman ringing police twice more and stating Jason had informed a friend he was travelling to London, most likely by train.
This was despite there being “other opportunities” to intercept Jason, said Mr Armstrong.
In a prevention of future deaths report last year, a coroner said Jason died “potentially through his mental health and gender identity issues”, and that it was “also possible Jason may have been prevented from committing suicide” if BTP was made aware that he was missing.
He continued that Jason was a “source of unlimited joy”, describing him as “funny, mischievous, artistic, rude and unconventional”, and that his death was an “unimaginable tragedy”.
Mr Armstrong said that Ms Woolford told the Pulmans that they had done “everything right” and that there had been failings by the police, including not immediately grading Jason as high-risk.
The force accepted the inquest findings, stating that its service “fell below the standards expected”, but is accused of changing its stance again when the family threatened to bring legal action.
A Sussex Police spokesperson said: “Our sincere condolences remain with Jason’s family following their tragic loss; however, we are unable to comment further whilst legal proceedings are ongoing.”
With input from PA
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