Aimee Wellock suffered from a genetic condition, dysrhythmia, which left her with thickened skin on her hands and feet for which she took regular medication. 

But what she and her family were unaware of was the condition left her prone to suffering from an irregular heartbeat, as her heart’s pumping mechanism was defective. 

The random act of violent bullying proved too much for her overstrained heart and she died from ventricular fibrillation only yards away from the safety of her own home. 

Most sudden cardiac deaths are caused by abnormal heart rhythms called arrhythmias and the most common of these is ventricular fibrillation. 

The ventricles flutter or quiver.  When this occurs the heart is unable to pump enough blood around the body, the person will fall unconscious and death will occur within minutes unless emergency treatment is begun immediately. 

Every week about eight apparently fit and healthy young people die in the UK from undiagnosed heart conditions. 

The charity Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) promotes more heart screening to detect youngsters at risk from sudden death from undiagnosed heart conditions.