Mother slams ex Thomas Cook boss

The mother of two children who were killed by carbon monoxide poisoning on holiday has accused Thomas Cook’s former CEO of trying to use their memory to gain public sympathy.

Sharon Wood said she heard that Harriet Green was in line for a lucrative bonus-related payout only through the Sunday newspapers, and that she hopes to donate a third of it to charity on Wednesday.

Ms Wood told a London press conference: “If Harriet Green feels the need to offload some of that money to salve her conscience, that is her decision to make, but to try and gain public empathy by attaching her donation to the memory of my Christi and Bobby I find abhorrent.”