‘I wanted her to breathe but knew she couldn’t’

The mother of Avril Flanagan revealed last night she is haunted by visions of her daughter’s killer cleaning up while Avril lay dead on his floor.

Charity worker Barbara Flanagan, 53, said the thought of Alan Daulby Jr coming close to getting away with his crime by hiding Avril’s body forever fills her with dread.

Speaking for the first time about her loss after Daulby was found guilty of Avril’s murder, she said: “He destroyed my life that day. “He took my only daughter, my baby. We were best friends.