Sarah Payne’s Mother Speaks Ahead of BBC Podcast Series
Sara Payne, whose eight-year-old daughter Sarah was abducted and murdered in July 2000, says she wants to change how people see victims of crime. She made the comments to BBC South East ahead of a new BBC podcast series about the case, according to the BBC.https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cq78p3mlv9rjo
What She Said
Sara told BBC South East that people have many reasons for how they behave but still have choices. She said, “I chose not to allow him to live in my head,” referring to Roy Whiting, who was jailed for the murder.
She said she does not feel anger or aggression and does not want to bring back hanging, adding that she wants to go forward in a humane way. She also said not everyone reacts to shock the way a textbook says, and that victims do not get to simply move on, because they have to deal with the aftermath.
Sara said she found out her daughter had died as it was being reported in the news.
The New Podcast and Sarah’s Law
The BBC series, Sarah Payne: Unforgotten, draws on archive material and new testimony from Sarah’s family, detectives, journalists and politicians to tell the story of the murder investigation, according to the BBC.
It also charts Sara’s long campaign for Sarah’s Law, which lets parents, guardians and carers formally ask police whether anyone with access to their child has a history of child sexual offences, according to the BBC.
Background
Sara lived in Hersham, Surrey, at the time, according to the BBC. Wikipedia says Sarah was last seen in Kingston Gorse, West Sussex.
Sara Payne wrote about the case and her campaign in the 2004 book Sara Payne: A Mother’s Story, according to Wikipedia.
What Happens Next
The BBC said Sara spoke ahead of the series’ release; Joydey9ja.com has not heard the podcast and relies on the BBC’s description. Joydey9ja.com will update this report if more details are confirmed.
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