<p> From “The Star” 15 Feb 2008</p><p>Cameron McWilliams: Lonely boy with no friends outside school</p><p>A BOY of 10 has been found hanged at his South Yorkshire home after telling his mum he wanted to be a girl. Tragic Cameron McWilliams had already asked for permission to wear make-up, and been teased after he was found wearing his half-sister's knickers.</p><p>His desperate mum Kelly McWilliams told a Doncaster inquest she had bought him girls' underwear to wear in private, but had refused his requests to be allowed to wear make-up.</p><p>She said: "It was apparent he was unhappy and said he wanted to be a girl. He did like girls' things."</p><p>Mrs McWilliams told a Doncaster inquest Cameron was older than his years and had expressed an interest in transvestism.</p><p>He had been teased after once being found in his half-sister's knickers, and had asked if he could wear make-up. His mum told him he would have to wait until he was older.</p><p>Mrs McWilliams found her son hanging, with a black leather belt around his neck, in his half-sister's bedroom at the family home in Montrose Avenue, Intake, Doncaster.</p><p>"When I got in the room he was not asleep, he was standing by the window with a dressing gown on," she said.</p><p>"His head was down and I realised something really serious had happened and I screamed."</p><p>The court heard Cameron was a lonely boy with no friends outside school. He spent all his time at home listening to music, playing on his XBox and using a laptop computer.</p><p>His mother revealed Cameron had been very interested in recent reports of a spate of teenage hangings in Bridgend, South Wales.</p><p>"He was not himself but he made no mention whatsoever that he would harm himself," she said. "On that day he was happy as Larry."</p><p>She said her son was in the habit of writing her notes if he wanted to discuss something, and added: "He would have asked me questions about hanging but he never did."</p><p>Doncaster coroner Stanley Hooper told the court: "I do not know what was in the mind of this little boy. All I know is he was an unhappy little boy and that he wore his sister's underclothing, and that would be a cause of worry to his mother and stepfather."</p><p>Referring to Victoria Beckham's famous claim that her husband David wore her knickers, he added: "If there is anything I can say to avoid similar fatalities in the future, I observe it is well-known that there is a very rich and successful footballer married to a pop singer who is known to have worn his wife's underwear."</p><p>Attempts by police to revive Cameron when he was found in the early hours last Monday were not successful, and his body was taken to Sheffield Children's Hospital for a post mortem examination. Inquiries into his death are continuing.</p><p>The inquest was adjourned to a later date.</p>