'I knelt down, touched him and cried': Inquest hears mother's sorrow after Donegal boy's death

'I knelt down, touched him and cried': Inquest hears mother's sorrow after Donegal boy's death

Evelyn Doherty told the inquest at Letterkenny Court (pictured) the emergency service operator had asked her if she could put Jamie on his back and give him CPR but she said her son had already died. File picture

A heartbroken mother has told how she found her 14-year-old son dead under a car after he took it for a drive while she was away swimming.

Evelyn Doherty relived the tragic moments when she found her "best friend" and eldest son Jamie dead on a bog road in Co. Donegal on June 18, 2018, at his inquest at Letterkenny Court.

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