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FOR THE LOVE OF MOLLY

It was a Wednesday like any other when Linda Goldspink-Lord received the phone call that would change her life forever.

School holidays were in full swing during July 2012 and her daughters Molly, 13, and Emily, 10, were riding their quad bikes with their friends around the family’s rural property in Wollongong, NSW.

Then, shortly after 1.30pm, Linda’s phone rang. It was Emily and there had been an accident in the paddock.

“I dropped the phone

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