Families ‘will be forever haunted’

Alicia Brough’s mother, Maria Dempsey, received her daughter’s ashes on her 21st birthday.

Addressing the court during her victim impact statement, she said her family’s lives had been changed forever.

“Losing a child/sibling at the hand of another was devastating, and since her death our family’s lives have been changed for the worse, our children’s innocence has been lost.”