Bye Mam, I Love You: A Daughter's Last Words. A Mother's Search for Justice. The Shocking True Story of the Murder of Rebecca Aylward.

Sonia Oatley

ISBN 10: 178219987X ISBN 13: 9781782199878
Verlag: John Blake Publishing Ltd, United Kingdom, London, 2014
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On Saturday, 23 October 2010, Sonia Oatley waved off her 15-year-old daughter, Becca, to meet Joshua Davies, a former boyfriend. Becca's hope was that the two of them would get back together, but it was not to be. By 3pm, oddly, she stopped answering her mobile. By 7.30 she was officially declared missing. And at 10am the following morning, while Sonia and the family were out searching, came the call that is every parent's worst nightmare. The police had found the body of a young girl in local woodland: she'd been bludgeoned to death with a rock. Bye, Mam, I Love You is the story of Rebecca Aylward's murder - a slaying that was described by an incredulous media as having been committed for 'the price of a breakfast'. But, as soon became clear, this was no crime of passion. Becca's death had apparently been many months in the planning, by a calculating, cold-blooded killer. From the immediate arrest of 16-year-old Joshua Davies, to the lengthy investigation and harrowing five week trial that convicted him, this book is both an expression of a mother's love and her pride in a daughter who had so much to live for, as well as an insight into the mind of a brutal murderer. A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers GOR007452511

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The true story behind Becca Aylward's murder, the slaying described by an incredulous media as having been committed for "the price of a breakfast"

On Saturday, October 23, 2010, Sonia Oatley waved off her 15-year-old daughter, Becca, to meet Joshua Davies, a former boyfriend. Becca&;s hope was that the two of them would get back together, but it was not to be. By 3pm, oddly, she stopped answering her mobile. By 7:30 she was officially declared missing. And at 10am the following morning, while Sonia and the family were out searching, came the call that is every parent&;s worst nightmare. The police had found the body of a young girl in local woodland: she&;d been bludgeoned to death with a rock. But, as soon became clear, this was no crime of passion. Becca&;s death had apparently been many months in the planning, by a calculating, cold-blooded killer. From the immediate arrest of 16-year-old Joshua Davies, to the lengthy investigation and harrowing five week trial that convicted him, this book is both an expression of a mother&;s love and her pride in a daughter who had so much to live for, as well as an insight into the mind of a brutal murderer.

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Bye Mam, I Love You

A Daughter's Last Words. A Mother's Search for Justice. The Shocking True Story of the Murder of Rebecca Aylward

By Sonia Oatley, Lynne Barrett-Lee

John Blake Publishing Ltd

Copyright © 2014 Sonia Oatley and Lynne Barrett-Lee
All rights reserved.
ISBN: 978-1-78219-987-8

Contents

Title Page,
Dedication,
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS,
PART ONE,
Chapter One BACK TOGETHER AGAIN,
Chapter Two WHERE'S BECCA?,
Chapter Three A MOTHER'S INSTINCT,
Chapter Four THE WORST NEWS EVER,
Chapter Five PURE EVIL,
Chapter Six LIVING NIGHTMARE,
Chapter Seven MY LITTLE ANGEL,
Chapter Eight HIGH HOPES,
Chapter Nine KEEPSAKES AND DIARIES,
Chapter Ten HOLDING ON,
Chapter Eleven GOODBYE, MY DARLING,
PART TWO,
Chapter Twelve KINDNESS AND COURTROOMS,
Chapter Thirteen BEAUTIFUL BECCA,
Chapter Fourteen PUBLIC PROPERTY,
Chapter Fifteen MILESTONES,
PART THREE,
Chapter Sixteen CROWN COURT,
Chapter Seventeen TAKING THE STAND,
Chapter Eighteen DAVIES'S STORY,
Chapter Nineteen OBSERVING A PSYCHOPATH,
Chapter Twenty THE VERDICT,
Chapter Twenty-One 'TOP DOG' NO MORE,
Epilogue,
Victim Impact Statements,
Goodbye,
Plates,
Copyright,


CHAPTER 1

BACK TOGETHER


There is an instinct, I think, that exists in every mother. A sixth sense that tells you something bad has happened to your child, no matter how much people try to reassure you otherwise.

It was 7.30pm on Saturday, 23 October 2010 and my brother Roger's phone battery had just died. I had been using it to call the police, trying to report my eldest daughter Becca missing and, frustratingly, had been cut off mid-sentence. I had no other phone I could use to call back either. We'd only moved into our new house in Maesteg, Bridgend, nine days previously and the landline wasn't being connected till Monday. The only other phone I had was Becca's iPhone and that had no credit, which was why she'd taken my BlackBerry out with her instead – I didn't want her going out with no way of getting in touch and my BlackBerry was on contract. It was a bit of a thing with me and always had been. From a very young age I'd instilled a set of instructions in the children – had them memorise both our home number and their Auntie Linda's number, and made sure they knew how to make a reverse-charge call.

Nevertheless, Becca hadn't been in contact for six hours now, which was completely unlike her. She was a good girl. Reliable. She always answered my calls. The fact that this time she hadn't done so meant that something must have happened to the phone, or to her.

'Oh, God,' I said, staring at the screen. 'I don't believe it! We need to go to Linda's house and call them back from there,' I told my brother as I grabbed my coat and bag. 'The sooner we do that, the sooner they can go out and start looking for her, can't they? This is just so not like her.'

My other daughter, Jess, was out looking for Becca, and Jack, my youngest, kept asking, 'Where is she, Mam?'

'Maybe she's at Josh's gran's house. Remember, there's no signal there,' I reminded them. But though this was true, I had still felt sick with anxiety. The only reason I knew there wasn't a signal was precisely because Becca was so responsible; back when she was dating Josh before, she'd taken the trouble to call and tell me, so I wouldn't worry if she went out of range. So if she'd been going there, she would have texted or called to tell me again because she wouldn't have wanted me worrying. That w

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Titel: Bye Mam, I Love You: A Daughter's Last Words...
Verlag: John Blake Publishing Ltd, United Kingdom, London
Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
Einband: Paperback
Zustand: Fair

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