Victims whose families have a life sentence

Georgina Callander, 18

Simon Callander, 60, described himself as the ‘proud father’ of Georgina, who died in the blast. He told the court he ‘didn’t see much daylight’ in the days after the attack.

Mr Callander said: ‘I walk the streets at night because I can’t go out in the day because everyone wants to come up and talk out of the goodness of their hearts.

‘But I don’t want to talk, I want to die. I will never get over losing Georgina. That is my life sentence.’

Eilidh Macleod, 14

The schoolgirl, who lived on the Isle of Barra, in the Outer Hebrides, was described as a popular friend who was ‘ wise, we l l beyond her years’.

In a statement her parents, Marion and Roddie, said: ‘She loved her life and everything in it – and it wasn’t hard to love her right back.

‘Every day it’s been a struggle for us to maintain our dignity – trying to put one foot in front of the other is the hardest thing in our lives.

‘We still have to stop ourselves calling out her name for our dinner. That will never stop. Anger, fear, resentment and heartbreak is something we all have to live with.

‘We still have some good days, then we have some really bad days – it comes from absolutely nowhere and hits you in the chest.’

Elaine McIver, 43

Paul Price, 53, said the loss of his police officer partner Elaine ‘overshadows everything’. He suffered ‘dreadful’ injuries in the attack, endured months of surgery and may yet need to have his leg amputated.

Mr Price described his future as ‘uncertain.’ He said: ‘I miss going to work and having things to look forward to. Elaine planned all of our social events and get-togethers, and now I find myself socially isolated without her.

‘The loss of Elaine overshadows everything, and I don’t think I will get over it.’