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Mum begs Facebook to hand over 'cyberbullying' messages to find out truth about her teenage son's suicide

A heartbroken mother who believes her teenage son took his own life after being cyber bullied has pleaded with Facebook to show compassion by releasing records to the Dublin coroner.

Elaine Hughes made the plea after Irish police told coroner Dr Brian Farrell that attempts to retrieve messages sent to her 17-year-old son Darren Hughes-Gibson on the social networking site have failed because Facebook are not co-operating.

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