Court hears of dying schoolboy's final moments after railway stabbing
A trial is underway following the death of 14-year-old Justin McLaughlin is underway
A dying schoolboy said "they have got me" and begged for his mother after being stabbed at a railway station.
Justin McLaughlin, 14, was comforted by young friends who rushed to his aid after the incident on the afternoon of October 16, 2021.
The evidence was today heard at the trial of 18-year-old Daniel Haig.
He denies murder, but it is agreed between prosecutors and his legal team that he delivered the blow which caused Justin's death.
Jurors were today played a police interview of a 14-year-old girl who had been with Justin and others that day.
They had travelled to Glasgow for food at a McDonald's on the city's Argyle Street before returning to the train station.
The girl stated it was there they then spotted two boys on the platform.
'Blood dripping off it'
The witness told police Justin shouted towards them before he ended up being grabbed and punched.
She said one of the two boys on the platform had earlier taken "something" from a bag and then hidden it up his top.
It became apparent it was a knife after it fell onto the tracks.
But, she recalled Justin tripping - possibly over his own feet - before the assailant "grabbed his jacket and stabbed him".
The girl said: "I looked at his knife and there was blood dripping off it."
She immediately went to help Justin who managed to stagger towards a flower bed at the station.
'They have got me'
The girl: "He said something like: 'They have got me'. He fell face first onto the ground.
"Justin was trying to stand up. He kept saying: 'I need my mum...I need to go home'."
The wounded teenager also insisted he was "fine", while other people at the station also came to his aid.
The girl: "His lips had turned blue and white. The other boys (with them) were crying."
Justin was rushed to the city's Royal Hospital for Children, but never recovered. He had been stabbed in the heart.
The girl and some of the other youngsters were taken meantime to a police station.
The trial, before judge Lord Clark, continues.