Mother meets man her son’s donor heart saved

A mother whose son died six years ago saw her wish come true when she met the man his donor heart saved in a "completely coincidental" moment.

Freda Carter told The Daily Telegraph that she came across her son’s anonymous transplant recipient at a memorial service and became “hysterical” when she realised who he was.

Ms Carter and her husband John lost their son, also John, to a brain tumour when he was 33, and gave permission for some of his organs, including his heart, to be donated.