Blast over Paige dad
THE mother of murdered schoolgirl Paige Doherty has blasted reports the teen was close to her biological father, after his death at the weekend.
The family of Jon Bothwell claim he died “of a broken heart.”
THE mother of murdered schoolgirl Paige Doherty has blasted reports the teen was close with her biological father who died at the weekend.
Pamela Munro took to social media to pay her respects to Jon Bothwell, who died in Hairmyres Hospital on Saturday.
His family have claimed he died of a broken heart after not being able to cope with the death of the pair’s beloved daughter. A post mortem examination is due to take place.
The 35-year-old, who has four other children with husband Andy Munro, responded to a news article on the 37-year-old’s death and took the opportunity to discuss the teen’s relationship with her biological father.
In a lengthy comment, Pamela, of Bishopbriggs, wrote: “It is a sad fact that Paige’s death claimed the life of her biological dad and I hope he is at peace. This story, however, does bend facts slightly.
“Jon and I were very young when we had Paige, we split up when I was pregnant.
“He had another family soon after Paige’s birth and we both got on with our lives.”
National reports claim the boxer Jon was close with his eldest daughter, however, Pamela disputed the claims.
She continued: “Jon never played any part in Paige’s life.
“She was Bothwell on the birth certificate but her name was changed at three weeks old and she took my second name.
“I never asked Jon for anything for Paige and she had no Christmas or birthday cards etc.
“Paige bumped into his family at times in town with me, but it was very few and far between.
“However, Paige wanted it to be consistent and they couldn’t offer her that.
“Paige was 13 before she saw her dad and he changed his number two weeks later.
“He had his own life and recognised Paige had hers. Had he wanted to see her he knew he could have.”
Despite their differences, Pamela explained Jon did attend their daughter’s funeral on April 20, 2016.
She added: “As for the funeral Jon was there and lowered her coffin that day.
“Now I shouldn’t have to give background information at this sad time but this being over the paper affects what my family see and then hear all the facts of Paige’s death again.
“Regardless of anything a young man has lost his life and a mother has to bury her soon so all of this speculation on here just isn’t needed.
“Thoughts are with all of his family and children.”