A school principal took her own life by jumping off a cliff on the first day of term after a campaign of homophobic abuse.
Caroline Grandjean, 42, had contacted France's suicide helpline hours before she jumped 30 metres off a steep hill near Anglards-de-Salers in Cantal, where she lived.
The woman had been subjected to homophobic harassment and death threats at the small nursery school where she taught in Moussages, a village with a population of 300.
Even though Grandjean was never overtly public about her sexuality, it is understood that someone in the village discovered that she was married to a woman and began the hateful campaign.
The first incident occurred in December 2023 when she discovered the words 'dirty dyke' on the wall of the school.
