A woman whose niece was murdered 16 years ago led a...
A woman whose niece was murdered 16 years ago led a rally in York in support of restoring capital punishment for child killers
A woman whose niece was murdered 16 years ago led a rally in York in support of restoring capital punishment for child killers.
About 25 people, including a number of children, set off from the Eye of York next to Clifford's Tower to support Gillian Chambers who has run a 16-year campaign after her niece, Nicola Fellows, nine, and her friend, Karen Hadaway, 10, were abducted and killed in Brighton.
Chambers was collecting signatures on a petition calling for the Government to hold a referendum on the reintroduction of capital punishment for people convicted of child murder.
Those on the rally carried Teddy bears which Chambers says are a symbol of childhood innocence.
On November 18 she and other members of her family will deliver their petition to Downing Street in London. Chambers said: "We hope it will make Mr Blair open his eyes and see that we mean business. How many more children have to die before the law is changed?"
About 25 people, including a number of children, set off from the Eye of York next to Clifford's Tower to support Gillian Chambers who has run a 16-year campaign after her niece, Nicola Fellows, nine, and her friend, Karen Hadaway, 10, were abducted and killed in Brighton.
Chambers was collecting signatures on a petition calling for the Government to hold a referendum on the reintroduction of capital punishment for people convicted of child murder.
Those on the rally carried Teddy bears which Chambers says are a symbol of childhood innocence.
On November 18 she and other members of her family will deliver their petition to Downing Street in London. Chambers said: "We hope it will make Mr Blair open his eyes and see that we mean business. How many more children have to die before the law is changed?"
— SOURCES
- (Sources: Yorkshire Post, 16/09/2002)