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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
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Sophie Doughty & Ethan Davies

"I just thought, 'he's gone'": Mum recalls horror of night son died in Arena attack

The mother of one of the 22 people who died in the Manchester Arena bombing believes she knew her son had passed away long before the police officially informed her. June Tron lost her son Philip on that fateful night five years ago.

Philip was killed alongside his partner's daughter, Courtney Boyle, while the pair were collecting her little sister from the Ariana Grande concert. Now, on the eve of the fifth anniversary of the attack, June has relieved the worst hours of her life with the Newcastle Chronicle. She says she is still haunted by the screams of other families finding out their loved one has been murdered.

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