A DEAD Widnes schoolgirl's family was sent a letter this week demanding to know why she wasn't attending school.

It is the latest in a series of blunders to upset the family of Leighanne Buckley, 14, who took an accidental overdose last November.

Her distraught mum, Catherine, said: "I'm disgusted. It's bringing it all back. You just have to cope because there's the other children to think of."

Promotional material asking Leighanne what she wants to be when she grows up was posted through her letterbox yesterday (Tuesday) from St Helens College.

The grave she shares with her uncle, who hung himself, has been hit by a series of thefts.

"I visit the grave every week," said Catherine, of Masefield Road, Widnes.

"We have to stick everything down because they were stealing lamps and suncatchers."

The letter from Halton Council was found by Leighanne's sister, Kaylee, 14.

Their mum, Catherine said: "She was totally shocked. It's not as if they (the council) didn't know.

"They even sent her a sympathy card when she died. I want the council to say sorry to me, this shouldn't have happened."

A Halton Council spokesperson, said: "We offer our apologies to the family for any distress caused, but the letter was intended for a pupil in the extended family.

"However, given the family's concerns, we are investigating the situation."

Pat Bacon, principal of St Helens College, said: "Our database was clearly wrong and we apologise for this happening. It shouldn't have happened."

Leighanne's body was found by her sister, Emma, 22, on November 15 last year, at the home they shared in York Road.

Emma, who is now pregnant, told an inquest: "I think it was a cry for help, she wouldn't have done something like that because my kids were in the house.

"She loved life and lived it to the full."

An open verdict was recorded by Cheshire Coroner Nicholas Rheinberg last May, after hearing Leighanne had taken a toxic overdose of prescription drugs, exacerbated by alcohol.