THE heartbroken mum of a 12-year-old girl who died four days after catching flu has branded a troll who set up a social media account mocking her daughter’s death ‘disgusting’.

Accrington Academy student Olivia Diamond died from myocarditis, a heart condition often brought on by a virus, in October 2014, just days before her school began vaccinating some of its students as part of a Lancashire-wide pilot scheme.

MORE TOP STORIES:

But her mother was left shocked when an Instagram account emerged appearing to mock her daughter’s death.

The troll posted a message saying “Really glad that Olivia Diamond died”.

Olivia’s mother Angela, of Moss Hall Road, said: “It’s disgusting. It’s bad enough that I have got to deal with Olivia’s death but now someone is targeting her online.

“It’s devastating for me to read stuff like that when Olivia’s not here to defend herself.

“I don’t know what to say to the person.

“The amount of anger I feel that someone has done this is hard to put into words.”

Angela, a health care assistant, said since Olivia’s death many people had been supportive, with a memorial held last month at her former school.

Hyndburn councillor Peter Britcliffe said: “You hear some shocking tales from the internet and I don’t think they come any more shocking than this. It’s absolutely disgusting that someone would do this. I think this person is a coward who is hiding behind the anonymity of a keyboard. My thoughts are with Olivia’s family. This is the last thing they need.”

Andrew O’Brien, Accrington Academy head teacher, said: “Over the past year we have worked extremely closely with Mrs Diamond to remember and celebrate Olivia’s life.

“The students at the academy have chosen to remember Olivia through charity collections, songs and periods of reflection. We have been very proud of the way that students have responded and coped with losing one of their friends.

“I have no doubt that my students will continue to support each other and respectfully focus on the positive impact that people bring.

“We do not tolerate any student falling below our high standards and work with students and parents to reinforce this on a daily basis.”

A police spokeswoman said: “I can confirm the incident has been reported to us and we are looking in to it.”

A spokeswoman for the NSPCC said: “It is vital that people report these types of pages to Instagram as inappropriate using their reporting system.

“Any parent or carer can contact the NSPCC on 0808 800 5000 or email help@nspcc.org.uk for more details or advice on cyber bullying 24 hours a day.”

Instagram’s terms of use indicate that users may not post violent, nude, partially nude, discriminatory, unlawful, infringing, hateful, pornographic or sexually suggestive photos or other content via the service.

To report hate accounts, harassment or bullying on Instagram, visit the Hate Accounts section at instagram.com and fill out the harassment form.