Family of Mr Reilly say they were given ‘life sentence’ on day ‘Cameron was taken from us’
In a victim impact statement on behalf of the family, Cameron’s uncle Darren Flanagan said the four saddest words in the English language are “what might have been”.
Mr Flanagan said the family never got to say goodbye to Cameron, to give him “one last hug” or to be with him when he took his last breath. The teenager’s uncle said on the day before he died Cameron had been in brilliant form because he had just been asked to be godfather to his new baby cousin. Cameron was more than just a name in the media, Mr Flanagan told the court. He was a son, a grandson, a cousin a nephew and “so much more than that”. “Our beautiful son. Forever 18.”
A postmortem carried out by Chief State Pathologist Linda Mulligan showed Mr Reilly’s cause of death was asphyxia due to external pressure on the neck with no other contributing factors.
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