‘Her life was worth more, but it’s good they cleared her name’

The family of Nicola Furlong, the Irish student murdered in Japan, have said their daughter’s life was worth more than the five to 10 years in jail her killer will serve.

‘Her life was worth more, but it’s good  they cleared her name’

Ms Furlong’s mother Angela said: “Nicola’s life was worth more than that.”

“It’s good that they (judges) cleared her name. Nicola has done nothing wrong. It was all him and his lies that brought us out here. We still don’t know the truth of what happened in that room but we know Nicola did nothing wrong, we knew that coming out anyway.”

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