Bid to start trust for families of murder victims

THE daughter of a woman who was murdered by two brothers is starting a foundation to help families who have suffered similar losses.

Twelve years ago Shirley Oliver was beaten and strangled to death by Stuart and Christopher Jones, who dumped her body in a Cardiff alley.

Now daughter Stephanie Davis wants to start the Shirley’s Angels Trust and Support Fund. “I have been speaking to a lot of people over the last few weeks who have lost someone through murder and I have offered a bit of support,” the 33-yearold said.

She’s launched a crowdfunding page appealing for donations to help the organisation.

Stephanie wanted to do something in return for the support she has had.

“It seems the least I can do is to give something back and help others if I can,” she said.

“I recently had a message from someone through Facebook. It was apologetic, saying they did not mean to intrude, but they had lost a friend through murder.

The man said her help had been important. Stephanie is also hoping to open a “weekly support centre” and a 24-hour helpline.

Stephanie, from Cardiff, said: “Hopefully it [the fund] will be up and running by the end of June.”

On the same day she is planning to launch a petition calling for murderers to face a minimum of four decades in jail.