Inquest to open as soldier’s fiancee speaks of her loss

A week to the day after the killing, Aimee West released a short statement through Scotland Yard to say: “I am devastated by the loss of Lee who was a loving fiance.
“I am extremely proud of him and I am moved by all the flowers and tributes, and that he has been remembered by the nation as the great man that he was. I ask that mine and my family’s privacy is respected during this difficult time”.