DPP seeks deleted Facebook messages

Mother believes teenage son was cyberbullied before suicide

The DPP has agreed to apply to Facebook, via the US authorities, for deleted messages on the account of a teenager whose mother believes he was cyberbullied in the weeks before he took his own life, the Dublin coroner has heard.

Darren Hughes-Gibson, 17, was found dead at Stephenstown Industrial Estate in Balbriggan, Co Dublin, on August 23, 2012. He had been reported missing by his mother, Elaine Hughes, when he failed to return to their home at New Haven Bay in Balbriggan the night before.