Woman not guilty over boy’s death

A woman who knocked down a child after he suffered an angry episode due to his Asperger’s Syndrome told his family she will think of them every day of her life.

Callum Dale, 13, died after he was struck by a car being driven by Rachel Fullerton, in Buncrana, Co Donegal, in 2014.

Ms Fullerton, 35, went on trial at Letterkenny Circuit Court charged with careless driving causing the death of the boy. However, after hearing almost two days of evidence on the case, Judge John O’Hagan yesterday directed the jury to find the accused not guilty.