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'Buy me coffin, mum'

TRUE-LIFE

Pulling back the living room curtains, my eyes darted up the street outside.

When I spotted my daughter shannon, 12, my heart sank.

Her fingers were linked through the hand of Barry Nash.

‘Inside, now!’ I yelled, rapping on the glass.

Shannon's shoulders slumped and she dropped his hand, before stomping through the front door.

‘I’ve told you not to hang around with him,’ I snapped as she dumped her bag down.

It was summer 2014, and I’d read her the riot act already after spotting them strolling through town.

And again when I caught her in his car.

He insisted they weren’t doing anything wrong, but it made my stomach churn.

Barry was

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