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Sophie Finnegan

Mum's heartbreaking last phone call with Jack Woodley just minutes before he was brutally attacked and killed

A mum has opened up on the last conversation she had with her "happy-go-lucky" son Jack Woodley just minutes before he was brutally attacked and murdered by a gang of youths.

Zoe McGill said she had spoken to Jack on the day of his death when he asked her for more money to go on "one more ride" as he enjoyed a day out at Houghton Feast, in Houghton-le-Spring, last year with his girlfriend. Although Jack did get to go on one last ride, his short life ended that night at the hands of 10 killer teenagers who kicked, punched, and stabbed him.

And as the teenagers are sentenced for his brutal murder at Newcastle Crown Court, Jack's mum opened up on their last conversation saying he sounded "really happy". But after she was told that Jack was attacked, his mum said she knew instantly something was "really wrong" and told her husband that she knew "Jack was dead".

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