A TALENTED 12-year-old boy found hanging from his bunk bed was “overlooked” by care and health professionals.

Lathaniel Olojugba, known to his friends as Joshua, was discovered in his bedroom in May last year.

Agencies failed to spot the youngster, a top student at Wavertree’s Blue Coat School, was contemplating “taking his own life”.

His mother was repeatedly seen by social workers in the years and months leading up to his death and was known to have mental health issues.

But Lathaniel was never assessed or asked how he felt about his mum’s behaviour.

A report into his death by the City of Liverpool Safeguarding Children Board was critical of the agencies charged with protecting him.

Most tragically it said the schoolboy was overlooked by professionals because he was so bright and did not cause trouble.

However it did conclude it was unlikely the events surrounding Lathaniel’s death could have been predicted.

Lathaniel, who lived in Toxteth, was an accomplished clarinet player and ex-head boy at St Vincent de Paul Catholic Primary school.

His death was the subject of a serious case review.

His mother told investigators she was a “strict parent” and they said it was “clear she was ambitious for her children and these two features brought her and the children into conflict”. But because Lathaniel “appeared to be no problem” his needs were “completely overlooked .”

In 2005 Liverpool’s mental health services became more involved, fearing Lathaniel’s mum’s problems might be having an impact on her children.