Rosie May orphanage finally ready

Rosie May was killed at a Christmas party in 2003

Work on a new orphanage, founded by a couple from Leicestershire in memory of their daughter, is finally complete.

Rosie May Storrie, 10, was killed by Paul Smith, 20, from Sedgebrook, Lincolnshire in 2003. He was later jailed for life for the killing.

The Rosie May home in Boossa in Sri Lanka has taken two years to build and furnish and cost £50,000.

The new building will house 16 children and six staff who are due to move in over the coming weeks.

Rosie May, a talented dancer, died in hospital a day after being suffocated at a Christmas party in Lincolnshire.

Her father Graham Storrie stressed he wanted to be closely involved with the building of the new orphanage.

He said: "I came out here because I didn't only want to be part of the fundraising effort, I also wanted the house to be part of me.

"We've got to know the team that are working on the house, the construction workers.

"They wanted to know all about Rosie May, they wanted to know how she was killed, what the charity was about and really what the vision was of the house."