Traveller boy chased to his death, says father

AN 11-year-old boy was fatally wounded after he was chased straight out in front of a car because he was a member of the Travelling Community, his father claimed last night.

Traveller boy chased to his death, says father

Daniel Maughan died from severe head injuries in Beaumont Hospital on February 19, 2004 almost a month after he cycled out in front of a car on the Rathbeale Road in Swords, Co Dublin.

His father, Gerard Maughan, claimed another boy, Danny Cogley, was chasing his son on his bicycle at the time.

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