Jessica, 11, was left in tears last when she had to leave her early after a bully ‘repeatedly stamped-on’ her £450 blue dress while others ‘filmed it and laughed’Yasmin Wakefield and Helena Vesty NHS, social care and patients reporter

18:28, 27 Aug 2025

(Image: Kennedy News & Media)

A young girl dubbed a ‘real-life Cinderella’ has been left ‘overwhelmed’ after her community rallied to throw her a second prom – after the first one was spoiled by heartless bullies.

Jessica Robinson, 11, was left in tears last month [July 16] when she had to leave her primary school prom early after a bully ‘repeatedly stamped-on’ her £450 blue dress while others ‘filmed it and laughed’.

The youngster was forced to leave what should have been a happy event in tears, with her beloved dress ‘torn to pieces’.

Her mother, Micha Robinson, says Jessica has been the victim of bullying for the past three years, and she didn’t ‘didn’t come out of her room’ following the incident.

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However, Jessica was given the chance to celebrate her special night all over again after the local community came together to organise a ‘prom re-do’, with local businesses generously offering their services for free.

Micha, 32, said that Jessica was ‘over the moon’ and ‘had a smile on her face all night’ during the celebrations on Saturday night (August 23), as she dazzled in her mended blue dress.

Micha, from Blackpool, said: “Jessica was over the moon. There was a smile on her face all night.

“It’s definitely helped her to rewrite the memories from the previous prom night. She was overwhelmed by it all.”

Jessica had been left in tears at her ruined dress(Image: Kennedy News & Media)

More than 100 bikers turned up to escort Jessica to the party on Saturday night, and her £450 dress was mended for free by a generous member of the Blackpool community.

Micha said: “It went absolutely brilliant.

“More than 100 bikers and scooters turned up outside the house for her.

“She got given a bunch of flowers for anti-bullying.

“The bikers drove down the prom with her and the traffic was blocked off.

“She got to the venue, she was welcomed by everyone and she had a really good night.”

Jessica was thrilled with her prom do-over(Image: Kennedy News & Media)

Micha has thanked the local community for rallying together to throw the second bash for Jessica.

Micha said: “I’m thankful for everyone that contributed and everyone that took the time out of her day to come and support my daughter.

“I’m so overwhelmed by the massive response that I’ve had and I can’t thank them enough.”

Jessica’s beloved dress was left ripped

Owner of Notorious bar, Libbie Cannon, offered use of her venue free-of-charge to host the ‘Ballgowns & Bravery’ event, with more than 50 children in attendance.

Libbie, also from Blackpool, said: “We’ve definitely all rallied together to help Jessica.

“The response has been absolutely fantastic.

“Being around bullying as a child, it really pulled at my heart strings.

“She looked absolutely stunning and gorgeous.

“She looked like a real-life Cinderella – and she left the prom with having her dress literally ripped from her.”

Jessica being driven to her prom re-do(Image: Kennedy News & Media)

Micha says the prom re-do has helped Jessica to rewrite the memories of last month’s event, which left Jessica too upset to attend school for the final two days of term.

Micha said: “We dropped her off at prom, she went in and everything was fine but when I went to pick her up she came to me in tears.

“She was crying her eyes out, with all of her dress torn to pieces.

“Apparently the bully was stamping all over the dress and kids were there recording her on a phone, laughing while they did it.”

More than 100 bikers came to escort Jessica(Image: Kennedy News & Media)

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Micha revealed that the bullying began three years ago and Jessica has been receiving counselling since the latest incident.

Micha stated: “The bullying started when she was in Year 3.

“Three years on it’s come to her prom night and the bully destroyed her dress. She’s now under counselling for it.

“When it first happened to her on prom night, she wouldn’t come out of her room and wouldn’t speak to anyone.

“After the prom they still had two days left of school and she didn’t go in.”