THE death of a schoolboy who was crushed by a gravestone in a cemetery tragedy was "instantaneous and painless" a according to a pathologist's report. 


Ciaran Williamson sustained two main head fractures, as well as liver and heart damage when the 7ft stone fell on him at Craigton cemetery on May 26, 2015. 


Relatives broke down in tears as the extent of the eighty-year-old's many injuries were read out in court during a fatal accident inquiry into his death. 


Dorothy Bain QC, representing Ciaran's mum Stephanie Griffin, read a joint minute during the inquiry which had been agreed between all parties based on a report by Dr Gemma Kemp, pathologist.


It stated that Ciaran had been facing the gravestone and was positioned "a distance away" from it when it fell. 


Ms Bain told the court: "At the point Ciaran was struck by the pediment his death would have been instantaneous and painless for him." 


The QC explained: "The pediment fell striking Ciaran on the top of his head causing him to fall backwards as a result of which he sustained a severe head injury...


"The pediment fell further and progressed down his face causing him to sustain several abrasions."


The inquiry heard Ciaran's heart and liver had been damaged as a result of "blunt force trauma" and the stone had landed in his chest, shoulder and upper abdomen.


His brain stem was separated in two parts and he had bruising on his torso and right arm.