Separated by lockdown, Jade Akoum desperately wanted to give her mum Debbie a hug as she dealt with the grief of her son Yousef being stabbed to death.
The bright schoolboy’s stabbing last March shocked the country. And as she saw the emotional toll of her brother’s death – and of the fight for justice after his killer was freed – on her shattered mum, Jade worried she might not make it through her self-isolation.
Her fears tragically came true last month when Debbie Makki, 55, suddenly became ill and died, with suspected sepsis from an infection.
Jade is convinced her mother would still be alive were it not for the weight of the grief and injustice, and believes she is the second victim of the violent act that claimed her younger
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