By Owen Younger,Ruth Suter
Copyright dailyrecord
A dad has told of his “recurring nightmare” as the video of his son’s death is still circulating on social media . Lee Stavers has been haunted by the harrowing footage of his son Corrie’s death, which took place at Spanish City Funfair in North Tyneside. The video shows the circumstances that caused the serious head injuries which Corrie passed away from, and it now has 16,800 views on Facebook – continuing to cause further pain and heartache to not just Lee, but the rest of his family and friends. It also appeared on TikTok but the clip has since been removed from the platform. Lee told Chronicle Live : “I just haven’t been able to relax, and I feel like this has been following me everywhere I go. This sick situation is continuing to absolutely destroy my family and every time that I see the video is still up on social media it feels like another punch. “I just want the video to be taken down as we are all trying to live through such a heartbreaking experience and this is only making it so much harder. It has been a recurring nightmare and I’m just exhausted, I hope people will stop sharing the video as it is malicious and targeted to hurt me and my family, which we don’t deserve to have to experience. “To the people in charge at Facebook who are choosing to keep the video on their platform , I want to make them realise the impact that this has had on everyone who knew Corrie, and now the wider impact it has had since more people have been made aware that the video exists. “One thing that I have been very grateful for is the overwhelmingly positive response from people on social media after the last story, as they have left comments and reached out to me, even though they don’t know me personally. I am still hoping for a positive outcome which will see the video removed so that we can grieve in peace.” Earlier this afternoon, TikTok confirmed that it has removed the video for violating its Community Guidelines, which make clear that content which is extremely gory, disturbing, or violent, especially when it could cause psychological harm, is not welcome on the platform. Facebook has also been in contact, and the company has indicated that it will remove the video from its platform, but at the time of writing, the video remains on Facebook . Northumbria Police previously showed support for Lee and his plea to get the video removed, with a spokesperson saying: “We are aware of videos circulating online relating to the tragic death of Corrie Lee Stavers in August. We have requested that these are removed as they are causing great distress to his loved ones. “In the meantime, we’d ask the public not to watch or engage with these videos, and where they do see them, to report them to the relevant platform. Our thoughts continue to be with Corrie’s family, and we would urge anyone posting and sharing such material to consider the impact of their actions.” The inquest was opened into Corrie Lee Stavers’ death on Friday, September 5, at Newcastle Coroners’ Court, but was adjourned due to the Health and Safety Executive’s investigation into the circumstances, which remains ongoing at this time. A HSE spokesperson said: “We are now leading the investigation into Corrie’s death . Our thoughts remain with his family and friends.””
