Mum: Gareth’s phone had texts, a call and photos

Painful inquest: Southwell (middle) talking to her lawyer Muhammad Hisham after the hearing as British High Commission’s vice-consul Karen Song looks on.

KUANTAN: Data retrieved from Briton Gareth David Huntley's mobile phone showed that it was likely to have been plugged in during the time he went missing, his mother told a coroner's court here.

Janet Southwell, 58, said the phone was broken, but upon retrieving the data, she found records of messages, a phone call and photographs taken on the day Huntley had gone missing in Pulau Tioman.