Facebook refuse to release boy’s files to grieving mother

A heartbroken mother who believes her teenage son took his own life after being cyberbullied has pleaded with Facebook to show compassion by releasing records to the coroner.

Elaine Hughes made the plea after gardaí told Dublin coroner Brian Farrell that attempts to retrieve messages sent to her 17-year-old son Darren Hughes-Gibson on the social networking site have failed because Facebook are not co-operating.

“I would appeal to Facebook to please show some compassion. He was a 17-year-old child whose life was lost through no fault of Facebook, but to the bullies who put those messages up there,” said Ms Hughes outside court.