Hull Daily Mail

Libby’s parents: ‘We will never get closure ... but she will always be with us’

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LIBBY Squire’s parents say they will never have closure despite Pawel Relowicz being found guilty of her rape and murder.

Lisa and Russell Squire read out a statement outside Sheffield Crown Court shortly after the verdicts were delivered by the jury after six days of deliberati­on.

University of Hull student Libby vanished in the early hours of February 1, 2019, after taking a taxi home from a night out with friends shortly after being refused entry into the Welly nightclub in Beverley Road.

Her body was discovered floating in the Humber Estuary near Spurn Point almost seven weeks later, on March 20.

Now, a jury has decided that

Relowicz, 26, a butcher formerly of Raglan Street in Hull, is guilty of her rape and murder on the Oak Road playing fields near her home in Wellesley Avenue.

Libby’s parents have remained dignified and stoic throughout, from the moment Libby vanished to the verdicts yesterday.

Lisa Squire told the waiting media: “Firstly, we would like to thank everybody for their love and support over the past two years. We have really appreciate­d it. “Our special thanks go out to the police teams and all the other agencies that have been involved with Libby’s case from the outset through to now.

“As a family, today’s verdict changes nothing for us – there is no closure. We don’t get to have Libby back. Our lives do not revert back to normal.

“However, we are pleased that all the hard work and dedication of the police and legal team has been recognised.”

Lisa also paid an emotional tribute to her daughter and insisted the memories can “never be taken”.

She said: “Libby will always be with us. We are so proud of our beautiful, caring, amazingly wonderful girl and although she has been physically taken from us, the memories we have and the love we share can never be taken.”

Firstly, we would like to thank everybody for their love and support over the past two years Lisa Squire

 ??  ?? Lisa and Russell Squire outside court
Lisa and Russell Squire outside court
 ??  ?? Libby Squire
Libby Squire

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