A schoolboy who was dragged under a bus after a driver failed to stop is in line to receive compensation.

Luke Murtagh, now 15, was running for a bus in Thornton Heath, but the driver carried on. As Luke walked away, his trouser leg caught under the vehicle and he was dragged underneath, the Croydon Advertiser reports.

He suffered injuries to his leg, hip and spine and had to have plastic surgery afterwards.

This week, a judge at the high court ruled that Luke should receive compensation from Arriva, the operator of the bus, for the injuries he sustained and the amount is to be decided at a later date.

Damages seek to compensate victims for the non-monetary aspects of the specific harm suffered in an accident, usually termed "pain, suffering and loss of amenity", which can include physical pain and suffering, disfigurement and loss or impairment of mental or physical capacity.

It is not easily quantifiable and depends on the individual circumstances of the claimant. Judges in the UK base the award on damages awarded in similar previous cases.