Willenhall mum of Britain's Got Talent schoolgirl Chloe Hickinbottom victim of cyber bullies

May 2 2011 by Adam Aspinall, Sunday Mercury

THE estranged mum of Britain’s Got Talent sensation Chloe Hickinbottom has been targeted by internet bullies in a hate campaign.

Lucy Bray, 29, from Willenhall, had to look on from afar when her ten-year-old daughter captured the nation’s imagination during last year’s show.

She only found out about Chloe’s first TV appearance – when she sang Dame Vera Lynn’s wartime classic, White Cliffs of Dover – the day before the programme was aired.

The distraught mum had not seen Chloe or her three sisters for over 18 months since they chose to go and live with her ex-partner Andrew.

Since then, the only way she has been able to tell her daughter how proud she is of her has been by posting messages on a fan club page, set up the online social networking site Facebook.