The heartbroken mum of an innocent man who was killed after a car ploughed into him five years ago has vowed she will never give up the fight for justice - despite the investigation into his death completed.
Grieving Vera Donovan lost her eldest son Stephen Lynch, 31, when he was deliberately mowed down by a car in the Brookview Close estate in Tallaght on April 13, 2017. Investigators believe the father of three, who was not involved in criminality, was murdered because he asked the occupants of a Ford Focus to slow down as children were playing nearby.
The suspected driver of the Ford Focus was with another man in the car. They both fled on foot and to date have not been identified.
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Now Vera, who said the culprits “will get what they deserve” and “will all get karma for what they did,” has said she is fighting “hard to get justice” for her son. In an updated emotional post on Stephen Lynch Memorial Page which Vera set up shortly after Stephen was killed, she also said she is finding it hard to accept how her eldest son died.
“Nothing is the same since you were so horribly taken from us,” Vera wrote. “It’s just so hard to accept how you died, dirty murdering cowards will never know real happiness like we did when we still had you here.”
She also said she is determined justice will prevail.She wrote: “I will never give up fighting for justice for you. And I will get it."
In 2019, Crimestoppers launched a major appeal for information on the murder of Stephen in a bid to nail his killers. The dad-of-three’s killing was witnessed by dozens of people, but no-one has come forward with information to help his family in their quest for justice.
Although the DPP ruled there would be no charges in the case due to lack of evidence, the case at Tallaght Garda Station remains open. A reward is also in place for anyone with information.
The Lynch family also suffered further heartache in March when Vera’s husband Danny Lynch - the father of Stephen - died suddenly but peacefully at St James’s Hospital. Shamrock Rovers fan Danny has been described by friends as “everybody’s friend,” and “a warm, kind, gentle soul” with one pal saying “the world is a sadder place without you.”
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