This was a very brutal suicide, the father Robert was cheating on the mother of his 4 children and hounding her for a divorce so he could marry a sitcom star, Cheryl somebody. Robert refused to allow Mary Richardson’s family to view her body and gave little access to them after her death. It was certainly devastating for these kids, Conor would have been 18 years old. A little compassion for Conor would be decent. Google it, it is a very sad story.
I remember the story. It comes as no surprise then that the son may indeed hate bullies if he saw his father exhibit those characteristics towards his mother.