A grieving mother has released a heart-breaking video of her singing to her murdered son as she comes to terms with his tragic death.

Distraught Zoey McGill captured her last moments with Jack Woodley shortly after he lost his fight for life almost a year ago.

The 18-year-old was brutally beaten and stabbed as he left the Houghton Feast last October and was taken to the RVI in Newcastle.

He was put on a life support machine and despite the best efforts of medics died on October 17.

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The moving video shows Zoey holding her boy as Dancing in the Sky by Dani and Lizzy plays in the background, singing along to the all too poignant words.

“I hope you're dancing in the sky

“And I hope you're singing in the angel's choir

“And I hope the angels know what they have

“I'll bet it's so nice up in Heaven since you arrived

“Since you arrived.”

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Zoey has released the video to mark the anniversary of Jacks death as part of her ongoing campaign to raise awareness of knife crime.

Ten youths, who were aged 14 to 17 at the time of the attack, have all been jailed for murder.

She said: “I want people to see what we have had to go through as a family and what the effects are.

“They just don’t get it until it is too late. I think the only thing that is going to get through to kids is seeing the victim.

“I don’t think anything else is going to go in.”

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