Funeral held for justice fighter

Flo Siddons unveiled a plaque in Lynn's memory in 2003

The funeral of woman who spent 18 years campaigning to bring her granddaughter's murderer to justice has taken place in Derby.

Flo Siddons died on New Year's Day at the age of 92. A service was held at St Mary's Catholic Church.

She and her family fought to find the man who killed 16-year-old Lynn Siddons whose body was discovered in 1978.

Michael Brookes was finally jailed in 1996 after being convicted of stabbing and strangling Lynn.

I'm so glad that she belonged to us Gail Holford, Flo Siddons' daughter

His conviction followed a rare civil suit brought by Lynn's family after police decided not to charge him with murder.

Her body was found in thick undergrowth by the canal at Barrow-on-Trent, Derbyshire. She had been stabbed more than 40 times.

Last week Flo's daughter, Gail Holford, paid tribute to her mother: "She was such a lovely person and I'm so glad that she belonged to us.

"It was a long hard fight but my mum was always there at the front.

"It was tiring and we sometimes wondered if we'd ever reach our goal but we did it in the end."