A GRIEVING mother has relived the harrowing moment she found her son bleeding to death in a graveyard.

Stephanie Griffin was giving evidence this morning during a Fatal Accident Inquiry into her son Ciaran Williamson's death.

The eight-year-old schoolboy died at Craigton cemetery on May 26 2015 when a tombstone fell on him.

Speaking through tears at Glasgow Sheriff court, 25-year-old Stephanie explained Ciaran had been out for only a few minutes before a boy chapped on the door of her flat in Moss Heights, yards away from the cemetery.

Her partner Thomas McGhee, 26, opened the door to a young boy who told them Ciaran had had an accident.

Stepdad Thomas rushed to the graveyard, with Stephanie following closely behind.

Stephanie told the court: "I could hear Thomas shouting on the phone 'please come quickly, he needs help.'

"I kept saying 'Thomas where is he?'

"That's when I turned round and I saw him lying on the floor. I knew as soon as I seen him.

"There was blood coming out of his ears, his nose, lying in this puddle all around him.

"I checked for a pulse, his arms, his neck.

"I slapped his face telling him 'Come on Ciaran, get up.'

"Thomas was holding me in because I don't think he wanted me to see Ciaran."

In a joint minute lodged in court, the details of Ciaran's post mortem were revealed.

Medics reported when they arrived at the scene at 7.21pm that evening, the schoolboy's pupils were "fixed and dilated" and he was not breathing.

The post mortem concluded he died as a result of a head and neck injury, and his brain stem was split into two parts as a result of a cardiac arrest when the stone fell on him. He also suffered chest injuries as a result of blunt force trauma. Medics battled to save him but his heart had stopped, and they were unable to restart it. He was pronounced dead at 7.53pm that day.

Ciaran's dad Ryan Williamson and stepdad Thomas also gave evidence before the court.

Thomas told of how he discovered Ciaran in the cemetery with "blood coming out of his eyes, mouth and nose."

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The 26-year-old said: " I saw him lying on the ground.

"The top bit (of the stone) was on him, starting at his left shoulder.

"My first thought was to get the top bit off him as I didn't want his mum to see him like that. I lifted it off."

Thomas phoned an ambulance and the youngster was taken to Yorkhill hospital by medics, while police took statements.

Ryan, Ciaran's dad, broke down in tears in the witness box as he told the court he had just started to rebuild his relationship with his son in the year and a half before his death.

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He sobbed as he explained he played football and computer games with his son, and told of how he was just a "normal boy" and his "best pal".

He rushed to the hospital when he found out Ciaran was there but when he arrived, he could hear Stephanie crying.

He said: "I knew then. I don't know how but I just knew.

"I went into the room and the nurses explained what happened. We were there til just after 12 that night in the room with him."

Ryan also criticised Glasgow City Council, and told the court: "If they had done their job my son would not be dead.

"It took my son to die before the council sorted (the hole in the wall) out. "

He also said health and safety signs which have been placed at the site since Ciaran's death were "not enough for me, by far."

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All three relatives said they were convinced Ciaran would not have entered the cemetery if there had not been a hole in the wall near the flats.

The only other entrance nearby was a gate ten minutes away, which Ciaran's mum said her son knew he wasn't allowed to go to.

Sheriff Linda Ruxton thanked all the witnesses for their statements and extended her sympathies for their loss.

The FAI will continue tomorrow