'The day my daughter drowned in the bath will forever be etched in my memory'

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It was a Saturday morning and Faye Smith was enjoying breakfast with her two children. Just 30 minutes later, one of them was gone.

The sight of her daughter Gabi lying face down in six inches of water will haunt her for the rest of her life. The 12-year-old had only gone for a bath.

But a friend, who had slept over the night before, noticed she was taking an unusually long time. READ MORE: 'My ex collapsed while out on a jog - it turned our lives upside down' The pal alerted Faye whose blood immediately ran cold. “Gabi, I need you to answer me darling,” she shouted as she rattled the locked door handle. “If you don’t answer, I’m breaking the door down.” The mum was met with silence.

Within seconds, Faye had kicked the door in with such force it sent bolts flying into the air. The unimaginable horrors that awaited her behind that piece of wood will forever be etched in her memory.