Pupils pray for inspirational, fun-loving teacher

HEARTBROKEN pupils of murdered Michaela Harte have prayed for their inspirational teacher.

There was a palpable sense of bewilderment and devastation at St Patrick’s Academy, Dungannon as children and staff struggled to comprehend that the fun-loving and energetic woman had been brutally killed on her honeymoon.

Principal Fintan Donnelly began what should have been a normal school day with the solemn task of updating colleagues on the horror of what unfolded in Mauritius.