A MOTHER has told a murder trial how her daughter tried to revive a teenager allegedly hit by a van while her son cradled the injured boy in his arms.

Jacqueline Foy said she can remember the "thud as clear as day" as Liam Hendry was apparently struck by the vehicle in the early hours of September 29, 2019.

Two men, Dean Wright, 32, and Robert Farrell, 33, deny murder. 

Ms Foy was walking home from a friend's house in the early hours of September 29, having been socialising in two pubs the night before.

She told the High Court, Glasgow, she and her daughter were walking along Stamford Street. 

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The 53-year-old said: "I could hear the van coming up Barrowfield Street and the next thing it swerved to the right.

"I can remember the thud as clear as day. [Liam] went up and then he came down."

Ms Foy said she ran towards the scene.

She added: "I checked for a pulse at his neck."

Prosecutor Liam Ewing QC said: "Did you find one?"

"No," she replied. 

The court had earlier heard from Ms Foy's son, Daniel Ewing, who described himself as Liam's "best friend".

The pair had been at a house party in Barrowfield, near Celtic Park, when Mr Ewing and others left the property after hearing a "commotion" outside.

Liam initially stayed in the house but witnesses saw him a short while later walking towards where a confrontation between two groups of men was underway. 

Prosecutors claim they allegedly killed Liam after driving at him in a van on Barrowfield Street while under the influence of alcohol and cocaine.

The van is said to have been turned around and 'on two further occasions' attempts were made to drive over Liam as he lay unconscious.

Ms Foy said: "There was blood covering his hair and his face. Daniel was there then a lot of people just appeared.

"The van had gone up to the Celtic Park end [of the street] then turned again.

"Daniel pulled Liam back because the van was headed back towards us. 

"I pushed Daniel into a garden because the van had gone past me and was coming back."

"What made you push your son out of the way?" the prosecutor asked.

"The van was going to try and run over us," she said.

Ms Foy told the court her daughter was attempting to use CPR to resuscitate Liam.

She added: "I had to get hold of Daniel because he was hysterical. He was shouting, 'My pal, my pal.'"

The court also heard from college student Brandon McAuley who, after a birthday night out in Glasgow city centre, went on to a party at Daniel Ewing's house.

Mr McAuley also said he heard a "big commotion" outside and went to look.

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The 23-year-old said he remembered turning around at one point and noticing Liam standing on the pavement.

He said: "I heard a big thud and saw someone struck by the van.

"The van struck Liam at quite a speed. A lot of people, including myself, rushed over to see who it was and if they were ok.

"[The van] was going very fast and intending for who was standing there."

When asked by the prosecutor to clarify, Mr McAuley added: "Intending to hit him.
"Because after it struck Liam it turned round and then went for the group that was attending to Liam.

"It struck him and he went up into the air and I think I went into shock after that.

"Someone tried to drag him off the road because the van was coming back."

Mr McAuley told the court he feared he would be hit by the van and so he and others went into a garden.

Liam was dragged behind a bollard, he said, to try to protect him.

The student said he believed the van came to a halt because it had stalled when trying to go over a speed bump.

Mr McAuley added: "Somebody in the crowd shouted, 'He's f***** it'.

"The next thing I can remember is being in a ball on the ground and then someone tapping my shoulder and taking me home."

Wright and Farrell are separately accused of trying to kill four people who had been helping Liam that morning.

Wright's QC Tony Graham then questioned Mr Ewing about the incident.

They both deny all allegations.

The trial, before judge Lord Arthurson, continues.