The mother of an 18-year-old man who died in a tragic car crash in Crete has paid tribute to her son.
Luke Hall was a back seat passenger in a Kia 4x4 driven onto the wrong side of the road, before it smashed into a parked motorbike and wall.
He died instantly along with its driver, Zara Crane Davies, 40, from Manchester, YorkshireLive reports.
Ms Davies, who lived in Wythenshawe, was a convicted murder given a life sentence for killing her neighbour.
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She had made history in jail by becoming involved in the first-ever lesbian prison wedding and had turned her life around to become a well-respected entrepreneur after her release from prison, believed to have been around 2015.
But both she and Luke died in Malia on July 8, 2019, when she crashed the car that she had been driving to her flat. Another woman, Louise Waddington, suffered serious injuries while another passenger, an 18-year-old man, was unhurt.
Luke had only just met the women in a club and was seen on footage standing in the soft-top Kia dancing and singing just moments before.
An inquest was held today (November 11) into Luke's death, which heard Ms Davies had amphetamine in her system that "may have played a part in this incident," according to senior coroner Martin Fleming.
'I could not have asked for a better son'
At the hearing, his mum, Ann, paid an emotional tribute to her teenage son, from Dewsbury, West Yorkshire.
She said: "My son was such an amazing young man. He was kind, honest, funny and so loving.
"He had worked from being 15 years old and was very good at school - never in trouble. He was so intelligent. He left school, had an interview for one job and got it - he was that kind of person. Everybody just loved him."
Mrs Hall said her son's death had left family and friends "absolutely devastated".
"It devastated us as a family. We gave him such a good life. We did everything for him. He worked hard and loved working hard and getting his own money."
Luke had been captain of his football team and was "just perfect", his mum added.
"I could not have asked for a better son. His little sister and his twin brother - it's just heartbreaking."
The inquest heard that Luke had gone on holiday with friends and it was the first time away on his own.
Mrs Hall said: "I will never forgive myself. I wish I had talked him out of it. But he was 18."
When Luke died he was just two weeks away from qualifying as a level 2 joiner.
Mrs Hall added: "He had loads of aspirations and goals. He wanted to run his own business. He spoke about how many children he was going to have and that he was going to get married. He would have been an amazing father - that was the kind of person he was; he was just amazing."
The inquest heard that Luke had met the women in a club and was heading to their apartment at just after 6am.
Mrs Hall said: "We have found out quite a lot about that night - we have a Greek lawyer."
The inquest heard that 'proceedings' relating to what happened were ongoing in Greece.
Luke's dad Thomas said: "Everybody who knew Luke loved Luke. He had no enemies."
He added: "We will never come to terms with it. I can't accept it and never will. It has ruined our lives."
Mr Fleming said that Luke had only just met the others in the car that day. He said the car had "deviated" onto the opposite side of the wall and it was "more likely than not" that Luke had died as a result of a road traffic collision.
He told the Luke's parents: "It must be so very hard for all of you today. Would you accept my sincere personal sympathies.
"I don't know how you found it within yourselves to do this but I am very grateful that you have come here and assisted me because I now know something about your son."
He concluded the hearing which he said was a "desperately sad inquest".
Convicted murderer to well-respected entrepreneur
In 2003, mum-of-two Zara lived in a ground floor flat in Purley, South London, when she got involved in a row with a neighbour.
She fatally stabbed David Thompson, 37, outside his front door by piercing his heart with a 10 inch kitchen knife.
Zara, then known as Sara Crane, was jailed for life with a minimum of 12 years.
While behind bars she struck up a relationship with a drug dealer called Joanne Davis and the pair were married in jail.
The governor of Send Prison in Surrey, agreed for a secret ceremony to be held in 2010.
The couple, both then aged 31, wore regular clothes and held a party for other inmates. They were allowed two hours association every evening.
A Court of Appeal rejected an application by Zara against her 12 year minimum term in 2005.
She argued that the trial judge had not taken into account her “appalling personal life” or her guilty plea when setting the term.
The court was told her mum walked out when she was 13 and then her dad moved away with a new partner, leaving his daughter to live with a cousin when she was 15.
The teen started to get in trouble with the police and in 1997 was jailed for three years for robbery.
Six years later she killed her neighbour after a row about "disrespect".
On her release from prison, believed to have been around 2015, Zara returned to Manchester and started her own recruitment business.
Since then she worked tirelessly to help former inmates get employment, often speaking about how difficult it is to integrate back into society.
Campaign group Northern Power Women posted a tribute to Zara on Facebook after her death.
They said: "Our thoughts are with the loved ones of Zara Crane Davies and all involved in this tragic accident.
"Zara was a vibrant, pioneering supporter of the Northern Power Women family and she will be greatly missed."
She was also finalist of the Inspire Women Award in 2018.
An awards spokesman said: "She was connector, doer and champion of diversity and inclusion, driven by women and justice, Northern power, soul and talent.
"Having worked in the south for a number of years, and being a proud northern woman, she was determined to come home and make a difference. She will be missed dearly."
