A three-year-old boy saved his mother’s life by using two mobile phones to call 999 twice as she lay in her home in an epileptic seizure.

Jack Thomson called emergency services from his mother’s mobile phone and told operators she was lying sick in the hallway and his father was out at work. The mobile phone then cut out, but the resourceful youngster found another mobile and dialled 999 again.

He could not tell operators where he lived, but the second phone call enabled them to trace his location and send help to his home in Lochgelly, Fife.

Police and ambulance crews forced entry into Jack’s home and found his mother Leanne lying in the hallway. She is now safely recovering at home.

Mrs Thomson’s husband was at work and Jack was at home with his sisters Holly, two, and baby Kirsty, who 999 operators could hear crying in the background.

Police today praised the three-year-old for his quick action. Inspector Duncan Ormiston said: “Without doubt, young Jack has saved his mum’s life.

“For such a young boy to have the presence of mind to not only phone 999, but to phone us on another mobile phone after the battery had run down, is phenomenal.

“The consequences of his mother not receiving immediate medical attention may have been disastrous, and she may have lain undiscovered until Jack’s father returned home.

“Jack deserves a medal and I have arranged for a police hat and some goodies to be sent out to him as the Contact Centre’s honorary wee Special Constable.”

Jack's mother said: “I am very very proud of him. We’ve always taught him, if he was ever on his own with mum, to phone 999 if she had a fit. He is quite a clever boy and he is great with the baby."

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